Pyrrolidine → 1-[Bis(4-methylphenyl)methyl]pyrrolidine

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Compound 14 (0.30 g, 1.41 mmol) was dissolved in thionyl chloride (1 mL) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and the mixture was refluxed for 2 hours. The reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure, to thereby obtain a residue. The residue was dissolved in acetonitrile (5 mL) (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and pyrrolidine (0.50 g, 7.03 mmol) was added thereto, and the mixture was refluxed for 2 hours and then allowed to cool to room temperature. A saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.) was added to the reaction solution, and then mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.), and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (chloroform (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.):methanol (Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd.)=99:1 as an eluent), to thereby obtain the title compound (0.32 g, 84% yield).

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