Water → Benzyl 3,4-dihydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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In a 500 mL RBF, the Cbz Pyrroline (15 g, 73.8 mmol) was dissolved in a mixture of 100 mL THF, 60 mL t-BuOH and 40 mL water for addition of the NMO (30.6 ml, 148 mmol) solution followed by the osmium tetraoxide (0.925 ml, 0.074 mmol) solution. Heated in a 70 C. oil bath. Solution slowly went from yellow to brown. After 2 h, cooled to RT and added 50 mL 10% aqueous NaHSO3. Concentrated and partitioned between 100 mL brine and 100 mL EtOAc. Separated layers and extracted with 100 mL EtOAc. Dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to 22.3 g of thick yellow oil. Flash column chromatography from 50-100% EtOAc in hexane provided compound 9. NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.35 (m, 5H), 5.22 (s, 2H), 4.42 (m, 4H), 3.63 (m, 2H), 3.42 (m, 3H), 3.20 (m, 1H).

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