Water → cis-(+-)-N-(2-(2,6-Dimethyl-1-piperidinyl)ethyl)-2-oxo-3-hydroxy-1-pyrrolidineacetamide

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1.30 g of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide dissolved in 6 ml of dimethylformamide are added dropwise at 0° to 1.0 g of (R/S)-2-(3-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)acetic acid and 1.03 g of 94.7% cis-2-(2,6-dimethyl-1-piperidinyl)ethylamine dissolved in 20 ml of dimethylformamide. The mixture is left to stir at room temperature for 4 days, treated with 0.23 g of ion-free water and evaporated in a water-jet vacuum. The residue is treated five times with toluene and in each case again evaporated. The constituents of the residue which are soluble in chloroform are chromatographed on 60 g of aluminum oxide (activity grade III, neutral). The alcohol eluate is again chromatographed on 15 g of aluminum oxide (activity grade III, neutral). The fractions which are eluted with acetonitrile and ethanol contain, according to the gas chromatogram and mass spectrum, (R/S)-cis-N-[2-(2,6-dimethyl-1-piperidinyl)ethyl]-2-(3-hydroxy-2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)acetamide.

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