Sodium Hydroxide → 1-(2-Phenylethyl)pyrrolidin-2-one

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To a solution of HJC-1-48 (4.2 g, 18.6 mmol) in DCM/H2O (20 mL/8 mL) was added (n-Bu)4NBr (0.3 g, 0.9 mmol) and NaOH (3.7 g, 93.0 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 7 h. The mixture was partitioned between EtOAc (200 mL) and H2O (10 mL). The organic layer was separated and washed with brine (20 mL), dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to give an oil residue. This residue was purified with silica gel column (Hexane/EtOAc=1/1 to 1/2) to obtain HJC-1-53 (4.2 g, 93%) as a pale yellow oil. 1H NMR (600 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.26-7.30 (m, 2H), 7.18-7.22 (m, 3H), 3.53 (t, 2H, J=7.8 Hz), 3.25 (t, 2H, J=7.2 Hz), 2.84 (t, 2H, J=7.8 Hz), 2.34 (t, 2H, J=7.8 Hz), 1.92-1.97 (m, 2H).

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