Potassium Iodide → HCID 178525739, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

1,4-Dichlorobutane (2.3 ml, 21 mmol), potassium carbonate (12.6 g, 91 mmol) and potassium iodide (400 mg) are added to a solution of methyl cis-4-aminocyclo-hexanecarboxylate hydrochloride (4 g, 21 mmol) in 32 ml of DMF and the mixture is stirred at 100° C. for 6 h and then at RT for 3 d. The reaction mixture is diluted with 200 ml of water, neutralized with glacial acetic acid, saturated with sodium chloride and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic phases are dried, filtered and evaporated. Yield: 3.8 g of methyl cis-4-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)cyclohexanecarboxylate. The intermediate is then stirred, in 10 ml of methanol, with 25 ml of sodium hydroxide solution (1 N) at RT for 15 h. After the methanol has been removed in vacuo, the reaction mixture is adjusted to pH 6 with hydrochloric acid and evaporated further. The residue is taken up in methanol and purified by filtration through silica gel. Yield: 3.5 g.

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