Hydrochloric Acid → (3-Benzyl-pyrrolidin-3-yl)-(1H-indol-5-yl)-methanone

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A solution of HCl (1.0 M in MeOH, 12 mL) was added to a solution of 3-benzyl-3-(1H-indole-5-carbonyl)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester enantiomer A (257 mg, 0.635 mmol) in MeOH (5 mL). The resulting pale yellow solution was stirred at room temperature for 6 hours, then cooled to 0° C. and quenched by addition of aqueous NaOH (1.0 M). The mixture was diluted with water and extracted with DCM. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (5% to 10% of MeOH in DCM with 0.5% of NH4OH) to give 179 mg (93% yield) of (3-Benzyl-pyrrolidin-3-yl)-(1H-indol-5-yl)-methanone, which was dissolved in a mixture of DCM/MeOH. A solution of HCl (1 M in Et2O) was added, and the resulting mixture was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue was triturated with Et2O to give 173 mg of (3-benzyl-pyrrolidin-3-yl)-(1H-indol-5-yl)-methanone hydrochloride enantiomer A as a white powder. MS=305 [M+H]+; [α]D=−26.3° (5.40 mg/1.0 mL of MeOH).

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