Water → HCID 10523921, compound

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To a solution of ethyl (R)-2,5-dioxo-3-(pyrrol-1-yl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxylate (767 mg) in ethyl acetate (10 ml) was added trichloroacetyl chloride (1.1 ml) and this solution was heated under reflux overnight. This reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, and thereto was added trichloroacetyl chloride (1.1 ml) and this mixture was heated under reflux for 3 hours. This reaction mixture was allowed to water-cooling to room temperature and the residual trichloroacetyl chloride was decomposed carefully with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. After the aqueous layer was confirmed to be alkali, this mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (5 ml) three times and the combined extract was washed sequentially with water and saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and then concentrated to give a crude product as oil. This was purified by a flash column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=1:1) to give ethyl (R)-2,5-dioxo-3-(2-trichloroacetylpyrrol-1-yl)pyrrolidine-3-carboxylate (1.17 g, 94%).

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