L-Alaninol → HCID 58743044, compound

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(R)-2-Methylbutane-1,4-diyl dimethanesulfonate (37.5 g, 0.144 mol) was added to neat (S)-2-aminopropan-1-ol (54.8 g, 0.730 mol). The mixture was stirred in a room temperature water bath to minimize the exotherm. After 24 h, the reaction was diluted with dichloromethane (150 mL), sat'd K2CO3 solution (150 mL), and just enough water (60 mL) to dissolve the resulting ppt. The organic layer was separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (150 mL). The organic layers were combined, dried (Na2SO4), filtered, concentrated, and purified by silica gel chromatography (10:7; ethyl acetate:hexanes→10:7:2:1; ethyl acetate:hexanes:methanol:triethylamine) to give (S)-2-((R)-3-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)propan-1-ol (17.9 g) as a pale yellow oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 4.33 (t, 1H), 3.48 (m, 1H), 3.18 (m, 1H), 2.79 (dd, 1H), 2.58 (m, 1H), 2.48 (m, 1H), 2.26 (m, 1H), 2.08 (m, 1H), 2.01 (dd, 1H), 1.88 (m, 1H), 1.20 (m, 1H), 0.98 (d, 3H), 0.96 (d, 3H); LCMS: 144.3 (M+H)+.

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