3,4-Dichlorobenzaldehyde → HCID 103662939, compound

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A solution of tert-butyl 3-aminopyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (1.5 g; 8.05 mmol; 1.00 eq and 3,4-dichlorobenzaldehyde (1339.00 mg; 7.65 mmol; 0.95 eq.) in methanol (10.00 ml) and acetic acid (1.00 ml) was stirred for 30 minutes at ambient temperature, then sodium cyanoborohydride (9.66 ml; 9.66 mmol; 1.20 eq.) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for an additional 12 hours at ambient temperature at which time the reaction was quenched by pouring into aqueous ammonia (30 mL). The resulting inorganic precipitate was filtered off, and washed with dichloromethane (50 mL). The organic layer was separated and the remaining aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (50 mL×3). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine (50 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The resultant oil is purified under flash chromatography using silicon column with gradient of ethyl acetate in hexanes to afford the desired intermediate, tert-Butyl 3-((3,4-dichlorobenzyl)amino)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (2.47 g; 7.16 mmol; 88.9%), as a clear viscous oil. LC-MS (M+H=346, obsd.=288 (M-57))

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