Trifluoromethanesulfonic acid → HCID 11423781, compound

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500 mg of 1-(4-fluorophenyl)azetidin-2-one (Example 154A, 3.03 mmol, 1 equivalent) were initially charged in 24 ml of dichloromethane, 0.5 ml of trifluoromethanesulphonic acid (909 mg, 6.05 mmol, 2 equivalents) were added at 0° C. and the mixture was stirred at RT for 45 min. Two more times, 0.3 equivalents of trifluoromethanesulphonic acid were added, and after each addition the mixture was stirred for 30 min. With ice cooling, saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution was added carefully, and the reaction mixture was extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases were dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated. This gave 284 mg (57% of theory) of the title compound.

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