Sodium Carbonate → 3-(4-Fluorophenacyl)-1-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyrrolidine

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A mixture of 30.5 g of 3-(4-fluorophenacyl)pyrrolidine (Chem. Pharm. Bull., 1977, 25(8), p. 1911-1922), 19.4 g of 2-bromoethanol, 15.6 g of sodium carbonate and 400 ml of acetonitrile is heated to reflux for 6 hours. The mixture is concentrated, the residue is taken up in 150 ml of aqueous saline, the product is extracted 5 times with 150 ml of dichloromethane and this organic phase is dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The oil obtained is purified by chromatography on 650 g of silica (70-230 mesh), using a mixture of dichloromethane, methanol and ammonia solution (96:4:0.4 V/V) as eluant. A colorless oil is obtained.

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