N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine → HCID 20664067, compound

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N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethylethylenediamine (0.268 mL, 2.4 mmol) was added to a solution of 3-(R)-((tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)methyl)-4-(S)-(3-fluorophenyl)-1-tert-butoxycarbonylpyrrolidine (1.0 g, 2.4 mmol, from Step A) in 5 mL of diethyl ether at −78° C. under nitrogen. sec-Butyllithium (2.2 mL, 1.3M in cyclohexane, 2.8 mmol) was then added dropwise. After 45 min., (MeO)2SO2 (0.298 mL, 4.8 mmol) was added, and the reaction mixture was slowly warmed to room temperature overnight. The reaction was quenched with 5 mL of sat. aq. ammonium chloride, and the mixture was partitioned between diethyl ether and water. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with diethyl ether and the combined organic extracts were dried over Na2SO4. Flash chromatography (95:5 hexane:ethyl acetate) provided 210 mg (21% yield) of the title compound, contaminated with small amounts of the other regioisomer. ESI-MS (M+H): 424.3; HPLC A: 5.33 min.

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