Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 12132295, compound

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A solution of tert-Butyl 4-(4-((2-pyridinyl)-methoxy)phenyl)-4-oxobutyrate (Step C, 1.27 g, 4.2 mmol) in dichloromethane (25 ml) was treated with trifluoroacetic acid (5 ml). The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hours and concentrated in vacuo. The purification was done by flash chromatography on silica gel column (chloroform: methanol, 95:5 spiked with acetic acid) to provide the title compound as a white solid.

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