Formaldehyde → HCID 53312154, compound

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Reaction Steps

(S)-3-Benzoyl-5-biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-1-((E)-styryl)-pyrrolidin-2-one (4a, R1=styryl, R4=phenyl) (0.50 g, 1.1 mmol) is dissolved in 2 mL of anhydrous tetrahydrofuran, add potassium tert-butoxide (161 mg, 1.4 mmol) and paraformaldehyde (66 mg, 2.2 mmol) in one portion, the result mixture is heated to reflux for 2 h under nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture is cooled to room temperature, add 15 mL of water, extract with toluene, the organic extracts are washed with saturated Na2CO3 aqueous solution and brine, dry over anhydrous Na2SO4, evaporate the solvent under vacuum to obtain the crude product which is purified by column chromatography to obtain (R)-5-Biphenyl-4-ylmethyl-3-methylene-1-((E)-styryl)-pyrrolidin-2-one (1a, R1=styryl). Spectroscopic data as Example 23, Method 1.

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