Hydrochloric Acid → (2S,4S)-4-Hydroxy-1-(2-nitro-phenyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic Acid Methyl Ester

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A suspension of 2S,4S)-4-hydroxy-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester hydrochloride (4.0 g, 1.0 eq) in acetonitrile (55 mL) was treated with TEA (3.8 g, 1.36 eq) and 1-chloro-2-nitrobenzene (4.1 g, 1.05 eq). A solution formed, followed by rapid formation of a white precipitate. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 22 h then poured over HCl 1N (60 mL) and extracted several times with ether. The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. Purification by flash chromatography on silica gel with an heptane/ethyl acetate gradient yielded the title compound as a white solid (5.8 g, 79%).

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