Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 1-tert-Butyl 2-methyl 4-oxopyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxylate

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To a stirred solution of (2S, 4R)-4-hydroxyproline (Aldrich) (25 g, 108 mmol) in methanol (50 mL) at 0° C. was added trimethylsilyldiazomethene (24.6 g, 216 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour. The residue obtained on removal of solvent and purification by column chromatography using 50% ethyl acetate in hexanes (27 g, 100%) was used in the next step. To oxalyl chloride (15 g, 118 mmol) in DCM (15 mL) at −78° C., DMSO (18.6 mL, 236 mmol) was added slowly over 15 minutes. After the completion of addition, the above product (2S, 4R)-N-Boc-4-hydroxyproline methylester (26.5 g, 108 mmol) in DCM (100 mL) was added at −78° C. for 20 minutes. Triethylamine (54.6 g, 540 mmol) was added followed by stirring at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was then washed with 10% aq HCl (200 mL) and the organic layer was separated and dried over sodium sulfate. The crude product obtained on removal of solvent was purified on silica gel column chromatography using 50% EtoAc in hexanes to obtain 4-oxo-pyrrolidine-1,2-dicarboxylic acid 1-tert-butyl ester 2-methyl ester (20 g, 78%).

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