Triethylamine → (2S,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-2-methoxycarbonyl-4-hydroxypyrrolidine

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To a suspension of (2S,4R)-4-hydroxy-2-methoxycarbonylpyrrolidine hydrochloride (17.0 g: 100 mmole) in dichloromethane (200 ml), triethylamine (29.2 ml: 210 mmole) is added in a nitrogen atmosphere under ice cooling. The mixture is stirred for 5 minutes at room temperature, mixed dropwise with a solution of allyl chloroformate (11.2 ml: 100 mmole) in dichloromethane (20 ml), stirred for 1 hour at room temperature, and diluted with water (250 ml). The organic layer is taken, successively washed with water and saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to give (2S,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-4-hydroxy-2-methoxycarbonylpyrrolidine (21.82 g) as oil. To a solution of this product in dichloromethane (100 ml), triethylamine (16.7 ml: 120 mmole) and methanesulfonylchloride (9.2 ml: 120 mmole) are added in a nitrogen atmosphere under ice cooling, and the mixture is stirred for 10 minutes. The reaction mixture is successively washed with aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate and saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, concentrated in vacuo, and purified by silica gel chromatography (toluene-ethyl acetate) to give (2S,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-4-methanesulfonyloxy-2-methoxycarbonylpyrrolidine (27.62 g) as oil. Yield: 90%.

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