Trifluoroacetic acid → N-[4-Cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-N-(cyclopropylmethyl)glycine

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A mixture of 1,1-dimethylethyl N-[4-cyano-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-N-(cyclopropylmethyl)glycinate (5.01 g, 14.1 mmol), TFA (50 mL), and triethylsilane (5 mL) in CH2Cl2 (50 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 h. When the TLC indicated no remaining starting material, the solvents were removed under reduced pressure, and the residue was stirred in hexane (50 mL) for 12 hours. The solid precipitate was filtered and dried to obtain 2.9 g (71%) of the title compound as a white solid: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.61 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 6.97 (d, J=2.8 Hz, 1H), 6.78 (dd, J=8.8, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 4.29 (s, 2H), 3.34 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 1.37 (m, 1H), 0.64 (m, 2H), 0.27 (m, 2H).

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