Methyl fluorosulfate → (3S)-1,1-Dimethyl-3-(4-methoxybenzylthio)pyrrolidinium fluorosulfonate

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118 μl of methyl fluorosulfonate were added, whilst ice-cooling, to a solution of 340 mg of (3S)-3-(4-methoxybenzylthio)-1-methylpyrrolidine [prepared as described in step (4) above] dissolved in 20 ml of dry methylene chloride. The mixture was then stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes and then at room temperature for 3.5 hours. At the end of this time, the solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure, and the residue was repeatedly washed by decantation with diethyl ether and dried under reduced pressure to afford 500 mg of the title compound as a colorless powder.

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