Sodium Acetate → 3-fluoro-4-[5-benzoyl-1,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethyl]aniline

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3-Fluoro-4-[5-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-1,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-2-ylmethyl]aniline (5.0 g, 14.0 mmol), sodium acetate (1.15 g, 14 mmol) and 10% Pd/C (475 mg) were suspended in ethanol (230 ml). The reaction mixture was shaken in a Parr apparatus under hydrogen atmosphere at 30 psi overnight. The mixture was filtered through Celite® and the filtrate was evaporated to dryness. The crude product was purified on a silica gel column (methylene chloride-methanol, 99:1) and then crystallized from ethyl acetate/hexane/cyclohexane to give 3-fluoro-4-[5-benzoyl-1,4-dimethyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl-methyl]aniline (2.49 g, 55%) as a solid.

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