Trifluoroacetic acid → 3-fluoro-5-((2R,4S)-4-fluoropyrrolidin-2-yl)benzonitrile

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To a solution of (2R,4S)-tert-butyl 2-(3-cyano-5-fluorophenyl)-4-fluoropyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (I-14) (0.6 g, 1.95 mmol) in DCM (2 mL) at room temperature was added TFA (2 mL). The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. All the solvents were removed under reduced pressure. The crude was diluted with EtOAc, washed with aqueous NaHCO3 and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to yield 3-fluoro-5-((2R,4S)-4-fluoropyrrolidin-2-yl)benzonitrile (I-15). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.52 (s, 1 H), 7.43-7.37 (m, 1 H), 7.24-7.20 (m, 1 H), 5.28 (dt, J=3.6, 53.6 Hz, 1 H), 4.57 (dd, J=6.4, 9.6 Hz, 1 H), 3.44-3.18 (m, 2 H), 2.63-2.50 (m, 1 H), 1.72 (dddd, J=4.4, 10.0, 14.4, 39.6 Hz, 1H). MS m/z 209.1 (M+1)+.

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