Ethyl Acetate → tert-butyl (RS)-3-(4-amino-3-chlorophenyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To a stirred solution of tert-butyl 3-(4-aminophenyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (2.00 g, CAS-908334-28-1) in DMF (15 ml) was added NCS (1.07 g) and the mixture was stirred at 70° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature and poured into EtOAc and extracted sequentially with water and with saturated brine. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and then concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (SiO2, gradient: 0% to 55% EtOAc in hexanes) to afford tert-butyl (RS)-3-(4-amino-3-chlorophenyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (1.16 g, 51%) as a yellow oil which was used in the next step without further purification. MS (ISP): 299.0 ([{37Cl}M+H]+), 297.2 ([{35Cl}M+H]+), 243.0 ([{37Cl}M+H—C4H8]+), 241.1 ([{35Cl}M+H—C4H8]+).

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