Pyridine → 1-{[(Ethenyloxy)carbonyl]oxy}pyrrolidine-2,5-dione

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To a 500 mL 3-neck round bottom flask fitted with a mechanical stirrer, condenser, nitrogen blanket, dropping funnel, ice-saltwater bath, and thermometer were added 10.0 (87.0 mmol) of N-hydroxy succinimide, 6.9 g (87.0 mmol) of pyridine, and 100 mL tetrahydrofuran was added. To the reaction mixture 9.25 g (87.0 mmol) of vinyl chloroformate was added so that the temperature remained below 10° C. After stirring at room temperature for 18 hours the reaction mixture was washed with 100 mL 2N HCl, and 100 mL 2N NaOH. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed on a rotary evaporator and the resulting liquid chromatographed (silica gel, chloroform) to yield 10.0 g (54.0 mmol, 62.1% yield) of an oil. FTIR (neat, capillary) 3516.50, 3132.04, 3099.40, 3003.94, 2960.21, 1830.80, 1823.25, 1792.36, 1734.05, 1671.98, 1653.62, 1646.30, 1429.97, 1380.77, 1368.60, 1306.35, 1260.89, 1241.83, 1201.12, 1162.09, 1154.49, 1134.29, 1087.59, 1049.93, 1005.21, 990.18, 948.77, 941.86, 908.06, 897.29, 892.42, 812.37, 769.04, 756.85, 724.90, 707 81. NMR (CDCl3) 6.73-7.09 (1H,q), 4.61-5.24 (2H,m), 2.78 (4H,S). ##STR16##

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