Sodium Bicarbonate → 1-Benzyl-4-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine

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To a stirred solution of rac-(3R,4S)-1-benzyl-3-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-4-nitro-pyrrolidine (11.60 g, 33.0 mmol) in EtOAc (200 mL) was added in one portion 5 nCl2.2H2O (37.26 g, 0.165 mol). The reaction mixture was then heated at reflux for 4 hours, cooled down to ambient temperature and a saturated aqueous solution of NaHCO3 was added. The salts were filtered off and the product extracted with EtOAc. The organic phases were then dried over Na2SO4, and concentration under vacuum gave 5.7 g (54%) of rac-(3S,4R)-1-benzyl-4-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidin-3-ylamine as a yellow oil. The product was then used in the next step without further purification. ES-MS m/e: 321.2 (M+H+).

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