3-(3-Methylsulfanylpropionyl)-2-oxo-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester → 3-(1-Hydroxy-3-methylsulfanylpropyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic Acid t-Butyl Ester

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3-(3-Methylsulfanylpropionyl)-2-oxo-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (188 mg, 654 μmol) was dissolved in THF (531 μL) under nitrogen. 2M BH3-Me2S in THF (981 μL) was added via syringe over 15 minutes. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, then heated at 65° C. for 1 hours, then cooled to room temperature. The mixture was cooled on an ice bath and the reaction was slowly quenched with cold MeOH (100 mL). The mixture was stirred overnight and then diluted with EtOAc (30 mL) and washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (2×50 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated by rotary evaporation to yield a yellow oil (300 mg), which was used without further purification. LCMS m/z: [M+H]+ calcd for C13H25NO3S, 275.40. found 276.4.

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