Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 57418651, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethyl N-(cyanomethyl)-N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)glycinate (1.00 g, 3.48 mmol) was dissolved in 10 mL of THF and treated with LiOH (83.4 mg, 3.48 mmol) dissolved in 2 mL of water. After 2 h, HPLC (Eclipse XDB-C18, 4.6×250 mm, 5 micron, 1-99% CH3CN/H2O with 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid) showed that all of the starting material (Rt=7.6 min) was gone and that a single new peak (Rt=6.2 min) had formed. The reaction mixture was treated with a solution of 4.0M HCl in dioxane (1.74 mL, 6.96 mmol) and then the solvent was removed by rotary evaporation followed by high vacuum to give 870 mg (3.36 mmol, 96%) of N-(cyanomethyl)-N-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)glycine as a white solid which was used in subsequent chemistry without further purification. LC/MS (APCI) m/e 232 [M−CN]+.

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