Hydrochloric Acid → tert-Butyl 3-sulfanylpyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To a 0° C. solution of (RS)-3-acetylsulfanyl-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.4 g, 5.07 mmol) in MeOH (15 ml) was added dropwise a suspension of sodium methoxide (0.61 g, 11.3 mmol) in MeOH. After 6 hours stirring at room temperature, the reaction mixture was neutralized with 1N HCl and MeOH was partially evaporated. H2O and ethylacetate were added. The aqueous phase was extracted with ethylacetate, the combined organic phases were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to provide (RS)-3-mercapto-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.2 g, 100%) as a colorless oil, MS: m/e 130.1 (M-OtBu).

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