Phenol → (2S)-2-[2-oxo-4-(phenoxymethyl)-1-pyrrolidinyl]butanamide

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In a 50 ml three necked flask fitted with magnetic stirrer and dropping funnel under inert atmosphere, 1 g (5 mmoles, 1 eq) of (2S)-2-[4-(hydroxymethyl)-2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl]butanamide 6 is dissolved in 20 ml of THF and cooled down to 0° C. 517 mg of phenol, 0.87 ml (960 mg) of diethyl azodicarboxylate and 1.44 g of triphenylphosphine (5.5 mmoles, 1.1 eq each) are successively added and the mixture stirred for 2 hours. The mixture is concentrated to dryness and purified by Prep LC (500 kg SiO2, CH2Cl2/EtOH, 97.5:2.5) to give 1.1 g of pure 18, 80%, crystallised from ethyl acetate.

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