Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 118271394, compound

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Reaction Steps

Trifluoroacetic acid (38 μL, 513 μmol) was added to (1E)-2-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-en-1-yl phenyl sulfoxide (4.00 g, 98% purity, 10.3 mmol) in toluene (20 mL). N-Benzyl-1-methoxy-N-[(trimethylsilyl)methyl]methanamine (3.65 g, 15.4 mmol) in toluene (18 mL) was added at room temperature over two hours. After two more hours additional N-Benzyl-1-methoxy-N-[(trimethylsilyl)-methyl]methanamine (0.2 eq.) was added and the reaction left stirring for another hour. The solvents of the reaction mixture were removed and the crude product was taken up in n-heptane. The formed crystals were filtered off. 1-Benzyl-3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-4-(phenylsulfinyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-pyrrolidinium chloride (4.40 g, >99% purity, 83% yield, E/Z [not assigned]=53/47) was obtained.

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