Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Methyl-4-(4-nitro-benzoyloxy)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic Acid T-butyl Ester

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The 4-hydroxy-2-methyl-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (300.00 mg, 1.49 mmol) and triphenyl phosphine (512.54, 1.95 mmol) were dissolved in anhydrous THF and added to a mixture of para-nitrobenzoic acid (249.00 mg, 1.49 mmol) and DEAD (268.00 mg, 1.54 mmol, 0.24 mL) in anhydrous THF at 0° C. under argon. The mixture was stirred for 1 h at 0° C. After 1 h the TLC indicated no starting material remained and the reaction mixture was poured into a 1N HCl solution and the aqueous layer was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine then dried over MgSO4. The solution was filtered and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. The product was isolated by flash chromatography. (2:1 hexane-ethyl acetate) Yield 391.54 mg.

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