Pyridine → (3aR,6aR)-1,3-dibenzyl-hexahydro-4H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-2,4-dione

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In 160 ml of chloroform was dissolved 20 g of (4R,5R)-1,3-dibenzyl-2-oxo-5-(mercaptomethyl)imidazolidin-4-carboxylic acid, 6.2 g of pyridine was added to the solution, and under ice-cooling, 40 ml of a chloroform solution containing 12.7 g of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide was added to the mixture at 15° C. or lower. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, ethyl acetate was added to the reaction mixture and the resulting mixture was filtered. The filtrate was washed successively with 2M hydrochloric acid, water, a saturated sodium bicarbonate solution, and saturated brine. The organic layer was dried and then concentrated. The residue was recrystallized from ethyl acetate to give 8.0 g of (3aR,6aR)-1,3-dibenzyl-hexahydro-4H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-2,4-dione.

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