Lithium Hydroxide → HCID 40985409, compound

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Reaction Steps

LiOH (1.36 g, 32.5 mmol) was added to a solution of (R)-methyl 1-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylate (3.18 g, 10.9 mmol) in THF/H2O (1:1, 40 mL) at 0° C. and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h. THF was removed and the remaining aqueous solution was washed with diethyl ether (50 mL×2). The aqueous phase was adjusted to pH=5 with 3 N aqueous HCl and the resulting mixture was extracted with DCM (40 ml×3). The combined extracts were washed with water (100 mL×3) and brine (100 mL×1), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to afford compound (R)-1-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid (2.76 g, 88% yield) as a colorless solid. (S)-1-(2,4-dimethoxybenzyl)-5-oxopyrrolidine-3-carboxylic acid was prepared using the same method.

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