tert-butyl 4-[(5-chloro-2-pyrrolidin-1-ylphenyl)methyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate

Conditions: temp:0.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A 100 mL round-bottom flask was charged with tert-butyl 4-[[5-chloro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]methyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate (500 mg, 1.32 mmol, 1.00 equiv), dichloromethane (10 mL). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. Trifluoroacetic acid (1 mL) was added dropwise at 0° C. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature. The resulting mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 490 mg (crude) of 1-[[5-chloro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]methyl]piperazine as a brown solid. LCMS (ESI, m/z): 280 [M+H]+. The resulting mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A 100 mL round-bottom flask was charged with 5-chloro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)benzaldehyde (1.80 g, 8.58 mmol, 1.10 equiv), tert-butyl piperazine-1-carboxylate (1.45 g, 7.79 mmol, 1.00 equiv), 1,2-dichloroethane (20 mL). The mixture was stirred 30 min at room temperature. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (4.96 g, 23.4 mmol, 3.01 equiv) was added. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature. The resulting mixture was washed with H2O (2×20 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1/4) to yield 2.50 g (77% yield) of tert-butyl 4-[[5-chloro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]methyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate as yellow oil. LCMS (ESI, m/z): 380 [M+H]+. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature The resulting mixture was washed with H2O (2×20 mL) dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate filtered concentrated under reduced pressure The residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column with ethyl acetate/petroleum ether (1/4)

Conditions: temp:0.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A 100 mL round-bottom flask was charged with tert-butyl 4-[[5-chloro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]methyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate (500 mg, 1.32 mmol, 1.00 equiv), dichloromethane (10 mL). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. Trifluoroacetic acid (1 mL) was added dropwise at 0° C. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at room temperature. The resulting mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to yield 490 mg (crude) of 1-[[5-chloro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]methyl]piperazine as a brown solid. LCMS (ESI, m/z): 280 [M+H]+. The resulting mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure