3-Methyl-3-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester → (3-Methylpyrrolidin-3-yl)(pyrrolidin-1-yl)methanone

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A solution of 3-methyl-3-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (330 mg, 1.17 mmol) in TFA (5 mL), DCM (5 mL) and water (0.1 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was taken up in MeOH and and loaded onto an Isolute® SCX-2 cartridge (10 g). The cartridge was washed with MeOH and the desired product was eluted with 2M NH3 in MeOH. The solvents were removed to give (3-Methylpyrrolidin-3-yl)pyrrolidin-1-ylmethanone as a white solid (169 mg, 79%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHCl3-d): δ 3.55-3.40 (m, 5H); 3.06-2.92 (m, 2H); 2.32-2.20 (m, 2H); 2.01-1.82 (m, 5H); 1.71 (m, 1H); 1.33 (s, 3H).

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