Potassium Carbonate → ethyl 3-[N,N'-bis(benzyloxycarbonyl)hydrazino]-2,5-dioxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylate

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To a solution of ethyl 2,5-dioxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylate (3.92 g) in ethyl acetate (60 ml) was added dibenzyl azodicarboxylate (7.27 g), followed by potassium carbonate (317 mg) at room temperature. After this mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, the mixture was filtered through a Celite pad. The filtrate was concentrated and the resulting residue was purified by a flash column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=2:1) to give the desired product (10.1 g, 94%) as amorphous.

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