Trifluoroacetic acid → 5-(2,5-difluorophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole

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Reaction Steps

TFA (108 g, 940 mmol) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 5-(2,5-difluorophenyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-1-carboxylate (53 g, 188 mmol) in DCM (300 mL) at 0° C. and stirring was continued at 20-35° C. for 2 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to afford the crude, which was diluted with EtOAc, washed with saturated NaHCO3 solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate to afford 28.5 g of the title compound.

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