Hydrochloric Acid → (2S,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylpyrrolidine

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To a solution of (2S,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-4-hydoxy-2-methoxycarbonylpyrrolidine (10 g) in tetrahydrofuran (20 ml) and ethanol (30 ml) was added by portions sodium borohydride (3.30 g) with stirring at 25°-30° C., and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 4 hours. To the reaction mixture was added dropwise conc. hydrochloric acid (7.27 ml) with stirring at 0°-2° C. The resulting precipitates were filtered off and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo. The resulting residue was dissolved in a mixture of tetrahydrofuran (20 ml), ethanol (20 ml) and saturated aqueous sodium chloride (50 ml). The organic layer was evaporated in vacuo to give (2S,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-2-hydroxymethylpyrrolidine (9.48 g).

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