Tetrahydrofuran toluene → Ethyl 3-(4-hydroxypiperidin-1-YL)-3-methylpyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To a stirred solution of ethyl 3-cyano-3-(4-hydroxy-1-piperidyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (1.0 gm, 3.74 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (25 mL) was added a 1.4 M solution of methyl magnesium bromide in toluene/THF (5.35 mL, 7.48 mmol) at 0° C., and the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature. The mixture was stirred for another 12 h at room temperature, the reaction was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride solution (5 mL) at 0° C. and diluted with ethyl acetate (25 mL). The layers were separated and the organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a pale solid (830 mg), which was used for the subsequent step without further purification. MS (M+1): 257.16.

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