Ammonium nitrate → HCID 86707878, compound

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To a stirred solution of methyl (6R)-1′-(4-methoxybenzyl)-3′-methyl-2′,5′-dioxo-5,7-dihydrospiro[cyclopenta[b]pyridine-6,4′-imidazolidine]-3-carboxylate (10.0 g, 25.3 mmol) in MeOH (100 mL) at ambient temperature was added eerie ammonium nitrate (27.7 g, 50.6 mmol) and the reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 18 h. The resulting mixture was partitioned between H2O (500 mL) and EtOAc (1 L) and the organic layer was discarded. The aqueous layer was adjusted to pH=7-8 by addition of 1 N aqueous NaOH and extracted further with EtOAc (2×500 mL) and the combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude solid was purified by silica gel chromatography, eluting with a gradient of CH2Cl2:MeOH—100:0 to 90:10, to give the title compound. MS: m/z=276.1 (M+1).

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