Acetonitrile → 1-Benzylpyrrolidine-3-carbonitrile

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A mixture of EXAMPLE 1G (1.5 g) and tetrabutlyammonium cyanide (3.15 gm) in acetonitrile (25 mL) was heated at 65° C. for 24 hours, poured into saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, and extracted with toluene. The extract was washed with distilled water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.33 (s, 5H), 3.42 (m, 2H), 2.89 (m, 1H), 2.72 (m, 1H), 1.68 (b, 3H), 1.45 (m, 2H).

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