Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 2237132, compound

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(3S)-1-((S)-1-Phenylethyl)-5-oxo-3-pyrrolidinecarboxamide (150 g) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (2.5 l), and sodium borohydride (138 g) was added with stirring. Conc. sulfuric acid (130 ml) was dropwise added under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred for 1 hr at room temperature, and further at refluxing temperature for 10 hr. 6N Hydrochloric acid (300 ml) was dropwise added under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at refluxing temperature for 4 hr. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, a 3N sodium hydroxide solution was added to make same alkaline, and the mixture was extracted with chloroform. The extract was dried over magnesium sulfate, concentrated under reduced pressure and distilled under reduced pressure to give 95 g of (3R)-3-aminomethyl-1-((S)-1-phenylethyl)pyrrolidine.

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