Potassium Carbonate → 1-(3,3-Diphenylpropyl)-3-methylpyrrolidin-3-ol

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Reaction Steps

To a 10 L reaction flask were added 3-methylpyrrolidin-3-ol hydrochloride (616 g, 4.48 mol), anhydrous potassium carbonate (1186 g, 8.6 mol) and acetonitrile (5 L). To the resulting mixture was slowly added a solution of 3,3-diphenylpropyl methanesulfonate (1000 g, 3.45 mol) in acetonitrile dropwisely at 85° C. The reaction was conducted for 12 hours. After the completion of reaction monitored by TLC, the reaction solution was evaporated under reduced pressure to remove acetonitrile. A mixed solution of dichloromethane and water was added for extraction. The organic phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and evaporated to remove the solvent to produce a crude product, which was purified by column chromatography (silica gel column, eluted with petroleum ether: ethyl acetate=50:1 (volumetric ratio)) to produce 1-(3,3-diphenylpropyl)-3-methylpyrrolidin-3-ol (580 g) in a yield of 57%.

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