Pentafluorophenol → 5-Oxo-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid pentafluorophenyl ester

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To a suspension of 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride EDCI (18.5 mg, 0.096 mmol) in 2 mL ethyl acetate was added pentafluorophenol (35.6 mg, 0.193 mmol) at 0° C. After 10 minutes, 5-oxo-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid 16 (33.9 mg, 0.064 mmol) was added at 0° C. and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. After evaporation of the solvent, the crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:2) to yield the corresponding 5-oxo-pyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid pentafluorophenyl ester 17 as a colourless oil (40.1 mg, 89.80%).

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