Carbon tetrabromide → (4S)-4-(2-Bromoethyl)-4-methoxymethyl-1-[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]pyrrolidin-2-one

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Carbon tetrabromide (3.58 g, 10.8 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (2.83 g, 10.8 mmol) were sequentially added to a solution of (4R)-4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-methoxymethyl-1-[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]pyrrolidin-2-one (2.85 g, 10.3 mmol) in dichloromethane (30 mL) in a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred for 10 minutes. The mixture was heated to room temperature and stirred for 24 hours, and then the reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (dichloromethane→hexane:ethyl acetate=2:1→1:1→1:2) to give 2.07 g (59%) of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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