Trifluoroacetic acid → rac-{4-[(3S,4R)-3-(3,4-Dichloro-phenyl)-4-methylamino-pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl]-piperidin-1-yl}-(1-methyl-cyclopropyl)-methanone

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Under an atmosphere of nitrogen to a solution of rac-{(3R,4S)-4-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-1-[1-(1-methyl-cyclopropanecarbonyl)-piperidine-4-carbonyl]-pyrrolidin-3-yl}-methyl-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (3.02 g, 5.61 mmol) in dichloromethane (30 mL) was added at ambient temperature trifluoroacetic acid (4.3 mL, 56 mmol) and stirred for 20 h at this temperature. The reaction mixture was added slowly onto an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate (1M, 60 mL). The organic layer was separated and washed with brine (50 mL). The aqueous layers were extracted with dichloromethane (30 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. Purification by chromatography (SiO2, heptane:ethyl acetate:methanol=50:50:0 to 0:90:10) afforded the title compound (1.79 g, 73%) as a light brown oil. MS m/e: 338.3 [M+H]+.

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