Acetic Acid → Benzyl-4-(3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl-benzylamino)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester

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Benzyl-4-oxo-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (100 mg, 0.428 mmol) and 3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl-benzylamine (125 mg, 0.514 mmol) were dissolved in dry DCM (2 mL), acetic acid (0.1 mL) and NaBH(OAc)3 (180.6 mg, 0.856 mmol) was then added. After stirred for 3 hours the reaction mixture was diluted with DCM, washed with saturated NaHCO3 (cautiously), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography to afford the title product 1-benzyl-4-(3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl-benzylamino)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester 124 mg (63%) as a yellow oil.

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