Triphenylphosphine → HCID 22107148, compound

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A mixture of the compound prepared as described in Example 4 (0.434 g), triphenylphosphine (0.8113 g), and 4-(4-phenylbutyl)phenol (0.700 g) in tetrahydrofuran (3.8 ml) was cooled to approximately 1°-2° C., and treated with diethylazodicarboxylate (0.5386 g) over a two minute period. After the addition was complete, the reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature. After about 23 hours, the solution was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was diluted with chloroform (1 ml), the insoluble material removed by filtration, and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. The residual oil was dissolved in methylene chloride (4 ml) and purified by preparative centrifugal thin-layer chromatography (4 mm plate, flow rate=8 ml/min), eluting with 50% ethyl acetate/hexane until first band elutes then solvent switched to 100% ethyl acetate. The fractions containing the desired compound were combined, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give methyl 3-[4-(4-phenylbutyl)phenoxy]-2-pyrrolidone-5-carboxylate (583 mg).

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