Hydrochloric Acid → (S)-3-[1-(2,3,6-Trichlorophenoxy)prop-2-ynyl]pyrrolidine

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A mixture of (S)-3-(1-hydroxyprop-2-ynyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (21.0 mg, 93.2 μmmol) and DIAD (22.0 μL, 112 μmmol) was dissolved in toluene (65 μL, 610 μmmol) at room temperature. PPh3 (29.3 mg, 112 μmmol) and 2,3,6-trichlorophenol (20.2 mg, 102 μmmol) were dissolved in toluene (0.1 mL, 1 mmol) and heated at 100° C. The t-butyl ester mixture was slowly added into the phenol mixture at 100° C., and stirred for 1 hour. The mixture was then removed from the heat and stirred at room temperature overnight. The mixture was then concentrated and the resulting residue was treated with 1.25M HCl in EtOH (0.6 mL, 0.8 mmol) at room temperature overnight. The mixture was concentrated and the residue was redissolved in a mixture of 50% AcOH/H2O (1.4 mL) and MeCN (0.2 mL), filtered and purified by reverse phase preparative HPLC to yield the title compound as a mono-TFA salt (21.2 mg, 99% purity). MS m/z: [M+H]+ calcd for C13H12Cl3NO, 304.00; found 304.0.

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