Potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide → 1-[2(R)-[1(S)-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2-(3,4,4-trimethyl-2,5-dioxo-1imidazolidinyl)ethyl]-3-cyclopentylpropionyl]piperidine

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A solution of 10.7 g of the ester from Example 3 in 50 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added dropwise at -60° to a solution of 8.76 g of potassium bis-trimethylsilylamide in 80 ml of tetrahydrofuran and the mixture was stirred at -60° for 30 min. Subsequently, a solution of 7.76 g of 3-bromomethyl-1,5,5-trimethylhydantoin in 40 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added at -60° and the mixture was stirred at -60° for 30 min. The reaction mixture was washed with semi-saturated sodium chloride solution and with dilute hydrochloric acid, dried, filtered and concentrated, there being obtained 15.11 g of a 9:1 mixture of 1-[2(R)-[1(R)-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2-(3,4,4-trimethyl-2,5-dioxo-1-imidazolidinyl)ethyl]-3-cyclopentylpropionyl]piperidine and 1-[2(R)-[1(S)-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-2-(3,4,4-trimethyl-2,5-dioxo-1-imidazolidinyl)ethyl]-3-cyclopentylpropionyl]piperidine (78% yield of pure anti-compound), which was used in the next step without further purification. The mixture can be separated by chromatography on silica gel with hexane/ethyl acetate (1:1).

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