Potassium Carbonate → ethyl 3-{[(2R, 4R)-2-(4,5-diphenyloxazol-2-yl)-4-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl]methyl}phenoxyacetate

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To a mixture of (2R, 4R)-2-(4,5-diphenyloxazol-2-yl)pyrrolidin-4-ol (229 mg) and potassium carbonate (155 mg) in DMF (5 mL) was added ethyl 3-(bromomethyl)phenoxyacetate (245 mg) at 5° C. and stirred at the same temperature for 30 minutes then at room temperature for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc, washed with water and brine, dried (MgSO4), and evaporated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane-EtOAc, 1:2) to give ethyl 3-{[(2R, 4R)-2-(4,5-diphenyloxazol-2-yl)-4-hydroxypyrrolidin-1-yl]methyl}phenoxyacetate (359.7 mg).

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