Acetonitrile → HCID 20391512, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of 28.1 g of mercuric chloride and 10.3 g of calcium carbonate in 150 ml of aqueous 80% acetonitrile is added under nitrogen a solution of 17.0 g of 2-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)-2-[1-(o-fluorobenzyl)-2-pyrryl]-1,3-dithiane in 100 ml of aqueous 80% acetonitrile. The reaction mixture is stirred at reflux for 4 hours, the mixture is permitted to cool and filtered through celite. The filter cake is washed with a hexane-dichloromethane mixture and the washed solution is washed successively with a 5M aqueous ammonium acetate solution and water, dried and filtered. The solvents are evaporated off leaving a dark oil which solidifies upon trituration with n-hexane to give the solid product of 2-(3-dimethylaminopropionyl)-1-(o-fluorobenzyl)pyrrole.

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