Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(4-iodophenyl)pyrrolidine

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A mixture of borane-tetrahydrofuran complex (1.2 M in THF, 5.81 mL) and 1-(4-iodophenyl)pyrrolidin-2-one (1.00 g) in THF (dry) (20 ml) was stirred at 70° C. under N2 for 3 hr. The mixture was poured into 1N HCl aq., sat. NaHCO3 aq. was added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound (0.954 g) as a white solid.

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