Triphenylphosphine → HCID 66584503, compound

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The mixture of (R)-5-Biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-3-methylene-2-oxo-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butylester (1a, R1=Boc) (0.36 g, 1 mmol), Pd(PPh3)4 (70 mg, 0.06 mmol), PPh3(31.5 mg, 0.12 mmol) and sodium hydrogencarbonate (0.27 g, 3.2 mmol) in 10 mL xylene is heated to reflux, and stirred overnight to give (R)-5-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-3-methyl-2-oxo-2,5-dihydro-pyrrole-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (4a, R1=Boc) as determined by HPLC analysis. Spectroscopic data as for Example 2.

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