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HRID 2405760Generated: November 1, 2026

Trifluoroacetic acid → (trans)-1-Benzyl-4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantTrifluoroacetic acidHCID 6422—
ReactantBenzyl(methoxymethyl)((trimethylsilyl)methyl)amineHCID 353442—
ReactantSodium BicarbonateHCID 516892—
Reactant2-Propenoic acid, 3-(4-chlorophenyl)-, methyl ester, (2E)-HCID 5314314—
SolventDichloromethaneHCID 6344—
Product(trans)-1-Benzyl-4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl esterHCID 12922292255.7%

Reaction Conditions

Temperature23 °C

Reaction Steps

To a solution of benzyl-methoxymethyl-trimethylsilanylmethyl-amine (2.05 mL, 8.0 mmol) and (E)-3-(4-chloro-phenyl)-acrylic acid methyl ester (1.57 g, 8.0 mmol) in dichloromethane (16 mL) was added TFA (275 mg, 2.4 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 23° C. for 30 min then treated with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (20 mL), extracted with dichloromethane (2×50 mL), dried with MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated. Purification of the crude by flash chromatography (SiO2, hexane to 1:1 hexane:EtOAc) gave (trans)-1-benzyl-4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (2.11 g, 80%).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08809326B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2014_08
ORD IDord-0f1a08ce35f8417dbe082d0ee53cf928
Source noteuspto-grants-2014_08