Triphenylphosphine → (S)-2-(1-Benzyl-1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester

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To a suspension of 1.50 g (S)-2-Benzylcarbamoyl-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester and 2.91 g triphenylphosphine in 30 ml acetonitrile were added dropwise at 0° C. 2.3 ml diisopropylazodicarboxylate and after 2 minutes 1.5 ml trimethylsilylazide over a period of 20 minutes. After 30 minutes the mixture was allowed to warm to RT and stirred for 12 h. The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and 1.5 ml aqueous sodium nitrite (2.9 M) were added, after 30 minutes a solution of 2.4 g ceric ammonium nitrate in 15 ml water was added and stirred for another 20 minutes. After this time the mixture was poured into ice and extracted twice with dichloromethane.

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