Benzyl Bromide → 1-Benzyl-5-(pentyloxy)pyrrolidin-2-one

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To a mixture of 4 g of 5-(n-pentyloxy)-pyrrolidin-2-one, 0.4 g of n-tetrabutylammonium bromide and 1.96 g of potassium hydroxide hydrated to 85% in 60 cm3 of tetrahydrofuran, there is added, without exceeding 30° C. a solution of 3.99 g of benzyl bromide in 20 cm3 of tetrahydrofuran. After agitating for 1 hour at ambient temperature, filtering, evaporating to dryness and chromatographing the residue on silica (eluent: ethyl acetate--n-hexane, 1--1), 4.5 g of the expected product is obtained.

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