Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride Trihydrate → 5-(4-bromo-3-chloro-phenyl)-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-3-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole

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To a solution of 4-bromo-3-chloro-N-trimethylsilanylmethyl-thiobenzimidic acid methyl ester (Example I14) (1.83 g) and 1,3-dichloro-5-(1-trifluoromethyl-vinyl)-benzene (see WO 2007125984) (1.38 g) in THF (25 ml) was added at −5° C. tetrabutylammonium fluoride trihydrate (TBAF) (0.41 g) dissolved in THF (15 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hours. The reaction mixture concentrated and the residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel (eluent: ethyl acetate/heptanes 1:6) to give 5-(4-bromo-3-chloro-phenyl)-3-(3,5-dichloro-phenyl)-3-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole (2.50 g). 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.95-7.25 (m, 6H), 4.88 (d, 1H), 4.42 (d, 1H), 3.75 (d, 1H), 3.40 (d, 1H) ppm.

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