Ethylparaben → HCID 86587778, compound

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Reaction Steps

8,9 and 10 To a stirred mixture of Boc-prolinol (3.00 g, 14.9 mmol), ethyl p-hydroxybenzoate (2.40 g, 14.5 mmol), and triphenylphosphine (3.91 g, 14.9 mol) in THF (80 mL) was added dropwise diethyl azodicarboxylate (2.86 g, 16.4 mmol) at room temp. After the addition was completed, the resulting mixture was heated under reflux for 2 hr. After cooling, the mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in EtOAc and washed successively with 1 N NaOH, water, brine. The EtOAc layer was dried over MgSO4 and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel with EtOAc-n-hexane (1:4, v/v) as eluent to give 4.88 g (93%) ethyl (S)-4-(1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-2-pyrrolidinyl)methoxybenzoate as an oil.

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