Trifluoroacetic acid → 4,7-Dichloro-1,2-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridine-3-one

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in a similar manner to Step 4 of Example 16, 4,7-dichloro-1-hydroxy-2-(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-1,2-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridine-3-one (38.8 mg, 0.115 mmol) was dissolved in nitromethane (1.6 mL), and the solution was treated with trifluoroacetic acid (0.177 mL, 2.30 mmol) and triethylsilane (55.1 mL, 0.345 mmol), followed by purification by slurry using chloroform/methanol and by preparative thin-layer chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=1/1) to obtain 4,7-dichloro-1,2-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyridine-3-one (16.8 mg, yield 72%).

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