Ammonium formate → 3-(3,4-Difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-3-ol

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To a mixture of 1-benzyl-3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)pyrrolidin-3-ol (0.55 g, 1.9 mmol) and ammonium formiate (0.36 g, 5.7 mmol) in ethanol (20 mL) was added palladium on carbon (0.11 g) and the mixture was refluxed for 1 h, cooled to ambient temperature and filtered through a pad of celite. The filtrate was evaporated to give the title compound (0.4 g). MS m/z (rel. intensity, 70 eV) 199 (M+, bp), 180 (51), 150 (60), 141 (90), 113 (75).

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