Hydrochloric Acid → (2S,4S)-4-Fluoropyrrolidine-2-carboxamide

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A mixture of (2S,4S)-2-carbamoyl-4-fluoro-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.0 g), conc. Hydrochoric acid (0.6 ml) and 1-butanol (10 ml) is heated for 48 hours at 50° C. The reaction mixture is evaporated and partitioned dichloromethane and aqueous sodium bicarbonate, the dichloromethane layers are dried over sodium sulphate and evaporated. A solution of 7M ammonia in methanol (10 ml) is added to the residue and the mixture is stood for 60 hours at room temperature in a sealed vessel. Evaporation and trituration with ethanol gives the title compound as a white solid.

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