Potassium Carbonate → (S)-tert-butyl 4-(3-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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(R)-tert-Butyl 4-(3-(methylsulfonyloxy)-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (Preparation D; 1.7 g, 4.7 mmol) was dissolved in dry DMSO (30 mL) and 4-bromo-2-fluorophenol (1.1 g, 5.6 mmol) and K2CO3 (0.78 g, 5.6 mmol) was added and the reaction heated to 70° C. under nitrogen. The reaction became purple then black. The reaction was cooled to ambient temperature after 3 hours and partitioned between water and EtOAc, extracted with EtOAc, washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified over silica gel (40% EtOAc in hexanes) to afford (S)-tert-butyl 4-(3-(4-bromo-2-fluorophenoxy)-2-oxopyrrolidin-1-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (1.8 g, 3.9 mmol, 84% yield) as a white solid.

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