Trimethylsilyl triflate → Benzyl 2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrole-1-carboxylate

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To a cold (0° C.) solution of 2-methoxy-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester (example 4, step 4, 500 mg, 1.0 eq.) in dichloromethane was added N-diisopropylethyl-amine (0.5 mL, 1.36 eq.) and trimethylsilyltrifluoromethanesulfonate (0.51 mL, 1.3 eq.). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 min and partitioned between dichloromethane and an aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate. The aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic layers were washed with water and evaporated in vacuo and purified on silica eluting with 19:1 cyclohexane/ethyl acetate to yield 325 mg (75%) of the desired product as a colourless oil. MS (m/e): 204.5 (MH+, 100%).

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