Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 53312154, compound

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Reaction Steps

(S)-3-Benzoyl-5-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-1-((E)-styryl)-pyrrolidin-2-one (4a, R1=styryl, R4=phenyl) (1.0 g, 2.2 mmol) is dissolved in 5 mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, add iPr2NEt (370 mg, 2.8 mmol) anhydrous Lithium chloride (49 mg, 1.1 mmol) and anhydrous MgSO4 (260 mg, 2.2 mmol), reflux for 30 min under nitrogen atmosphere, then add paraformaldehyde (80 mg, 2.7 mmol), reflux for 2 h under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature, add 20 mL of toluene and 10 mL of 5% HCl(aq), separate the aqueous phase, wash with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate aqueous solution and brine, dry over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrate under vacuum to obtain (R)-5-Biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-3-methylene-1-((E)-styryl)-pyrrolidin-2-one (1a, R1=styryl).

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