Diisopropylamine → rac-(3S,4R)-[4-(3,4-Dichloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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To a solution of rac-(3S,4R)-[1-benzyl-4-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidin-3-yl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (5.59 g, 0.013 mol) and N,N-diisopropylamine (6.81 mL, 0.017 mol) in toluene (60 mL) was added at ambient temperature 1-chloroethyl formate (1.88 mL, 0.017 mol) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 24 h. It was concentrated and the resulting residue was diluted in methanol (60 mL) and stirred for 3 h at ambient temperature. Concentration afforded the crude title compound (6.59 g, 67% purity) as a light brown solid which was directly used without further purification.

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