Dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal → tert-Butyl 3-[(dimethylamino)methylidene]-4-oxopyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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A solution of tert-butyl 3-oxopyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (25.0 g, 135 mmol), dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (27 mL, 202 mmol) and 1,4-dioxane (170 mL) was heated at 100° C. for 17 hours. The dioxane was removed in vacuo. The resulting red solid was triturated with hexanes (180 mL) for one hour, and filtered. The solid was rinsed with hexanes (2×80 mL) and air dried. Chromatography on silica gel eluting with dichloromethane:methanol 39:1 then 19:1 to give the title compound (15.04 g, 46%).

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