Methylparaben → methyl 4-((2S,4S)-1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-4-(2-naphthyloxy)-2-pyrrolidinylmethoxy)benzoate

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DIAD (0.37 ml, 1.86 mmol) was added to a solution of (2S,4S)-1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-4-(2-naphthyloxy)-2-pyrrolidinylmethanol (640 mg, 1.86 mmol), methyl 4-hydroxybenzoate (283 mg, 1.86 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (488 mg, 1.86 mmol) in THF (18 ml) under stirring at room temperature in a nitrogen gas stream. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. The residue obtained by concentrating the reaction mixture under reduced pressure was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column (silica gel: 100 g), whereby from hexane/ethyl acetate (2/1) eluate fractions, the title compound (830 mg, 93%) was obtained as a colorless oil.

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