Triethylamine → 1-Cyanomethyl-4-pentyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid [2-methyl-1-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methylsulfanyl-tetrahydro-pyran-2-yl)-propyl]-amide

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A stirred solution of crude 4-pentyl-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid [2-methyl-1-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methylsulfanyl-tetrahydro-pyran-2-yl)-propyl]-amide (210 mg, 0.50 mmol, 1 equiv) and triethylamine (0.21 mL, 1.51 mmol, 3 equiv), in anhydrous acetonitrile (3 mL) was treated with bromoacetonitrile (42 μl, 0.60 mmol, 1.2 equiv), at rt and under nitrogen. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h, evaporated to dryness and purified by chromatography over silica gel, with an eluant of 2.5% methanol in dichloromethane. The desired fractions were pooled, evaporated to dryness, and lyophilized to furnish the title compound (11.2 mg, 10%) as a fluffy white powder: TLC Rf=0.2 (5% methanol in dichloromethane); 1H NMR (300 MHz, CD3OD) δ 5.44 (d, J=5.49, 1), 4.38–4.23 (m, 4), 2.29 (s, 3), 1.52 (m, 11), 1.16–1.09 (m, 12);. MS (ESPOS): 458.5 [M+H]+, MS (ESNEG): 456.5 [M−H]−.

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