Sodium cyanoborohydride → (R)-benzyl 2-(4-methyloxazol-2-yl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of (R)-benzyl 2-(4-(hydroxymethyl)oxazol-2-yl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (1.1 g, 3.64 mmoles) in HMPA (18 mL), was added methyltriphenoxyphosphonium iodide (3.29 g, 7.28 mmoles) and stirred for 30 min. Then NaCNBH3 was added and the reaction was heated at 50° C. for 3 h and poured into 100 mL of ice-cold water and extracted with ether (2×100 mL). The organic layer was dried on Na2SO4, concentrated, and chromatographed on silica gel (50% ethyl acetate/50% hexanes) to yield 180 mg of (R)-benzyl 2-(4-methyloxazol-2-yl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate.

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