Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 1-N-Cbz-3-pyrrolidinone

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150 ml of oxalic acid chloride was added to 2 liters of dichloromethylene. 245 ml of dimethylsulfoxide was gradually added at -70° to -50° C. in a stream of argon. 70.67 g of N-(N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-3-pyrrolidinol dissolved in dichloromethylene was dropped. After gradual dropping of 720 ml of triethylamine, the mixture was raised to room temperature. After completion of the reaction, the reaction solution was poured into water and extracted with dichloromethylene, followed by removal of the solvent by distillation under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (eluting solvent: hexane-ethyl acetate), thereby obtaining 66.55 g of the intended compound.

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