Trifluoroacetic acid → D-Proline, 4,4-difluoro-, methyl ester

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To solution of (R)-1-tert-butyl 2-methyl 4,4-difluoropyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxylate (4.33 g, 16.32 mmol) in dichloromethane (30 mL) was added trifluoroacetic acid (12.58 mL, 163 mmol) and the resulting mixture was stirred at rt for 5 h, then concentrated and sat. aqueous sodium bicarbonate (50 mL) was added followed by stirring for 20 min before extracting with diethyl ether (40 mL×3). The combined extracts were washed with brine and dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated at rt (note: product is volatile) to afford 2.0 g (74%) of the title compound as a light tan oil that was used directly in the next transformation without any further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, MeOD) δ ppm 4.03 (1 H, dd, J=8.80, 6.82 Hz), 3.77 (3 H, s), 3.22-3.32 (1 H, m), 3.07-3.23 (1 H, m), 2.51-2.69 (1 H, m), 2.30-2.50 (1 H, m).

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