Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 66811476, compound

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To a solution of diethyl 1-acetyl-3-phenylpyrrolidine-2,2-dicarboxylate (110.6 g, 331 mmol) in ethanol (500 ml) was added potassium hydroxide (55.7 g, 993 mmol). The reaction was allowed to stir at reflux for 8 h and was then concentrated. The residue was dissolved in water and extracted with EtOAc. The aqueous layer was cooled to 0° C., carefully acidified to pH 2-3 using conc HCl, and exhaustively extracted with EtOAc. The combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to yield 1-acetyl-3-phenylproline as a solid (95%).

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