Benzyl chloroformate → 1-Benzyloxycarbonyl-4-(S)-(1-ethoxycarbonylcyclopropyl)-3-(S)-fluoropyrrolidine

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4-(S)-(1Ethoxycarbonylcyclopropyl)-3-(S)-fluoro-1-[1-(S)-phenylethyl]pyrrolidine (5.08 g, 16.63 mmol) was dissolved in dry dichloromethane (50 ml). Under ice cooling, benzyl chloroformate (3.56 ml, 25.0 mmol) was added dropwise into this solution. Then the liquid reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 1 hour and dichloromethane was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to flash silica gel column chromatography (eluent:n-hexane:ethyl acetate=3:1) to obtain 4.67 g (83.7%) of the title compound as a colorless oily substance.

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