Cyclohexene oxide → rel-(1R,2R)-2-(1-Pyrrolidinyl)cyclohexanol

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Pyrrolidine (4.26 g, 60 mmol) was added to a solution of cyclohexene oxide (1.96 g, 20 mmol) in H2O (6 mL), and the resulting mixture was heated at 90° C. for 16 hours. After cooling, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting residue was extracted with DCM (10 mL×3). The organic phases were combined and dried with anhydrous Na2SO4. After removing the Na2SO4 by filtration, the solvent was evaporated and the material dried under vacuum to afford the desired compound (+/−)-1 (3.3 g, 19.5 mmol, yield 98%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 4.06 (s, 1H), 3.45-3.30 (m, 1H), 2.75-2.63 (m, 2H), 2.62-2.50 (m, 2H), 2.51-2.42 (m, 1H), 1.90-1.58 (m, 8H), 1.45-1.15 (m, 4H).

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