Hydrochloric Acid → Tert-butyl 4-hydroxy-2-(methoxymethyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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The 4-benzyloxy-2-methanesulfonyloxymethyl-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (234.14 mg, 0.65 mmol) was taken up in anhydrous THF under argon and cooled to 0EC. Super-Hydride (1.0M, 0.98 mmol, 0.98 mL) was added via a syringe over 10 min. The solution was stirred for 1 h at 0EC, the TLC indicated that no starting material remained. The reaction mixture was slowly poured into a 1N HCl solution and the aqueous layer was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine then dried over MgSO4. The solution was filtered and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. The product was isolated by flash chromatography. (4:1 hexane-ethyl acetate) Yield 168.57 mg. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz): δ 1.22 (d, J=9.0 Hz, 3H), 1.44 (s, 9H), 1.65-1.77 (m, 1H), 2.13-2.24 (m, 1H), 3.45 (dd, J=7, 12 Hz, 1H), 3.61 (d, J=7 Hz, 1H), 3.94-4.04 (m, 1H), 4.50 (s, 2H), 7.27-7.39 (m, 5H).

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