Hydrochloric Acid → (2S,4R)-2-(carboxymethyloxymethyl)-4-methanesulfonyloxy-1-(4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)pyrrolidine

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A solution of methanesulfonyl chloride (0.62 ml) in dichloromethane (2 ml) was dropwise added to a solution of (2S,4R)-2-(carboxymethyloxymethyl)-4-hydroxy-1-(4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)pyrrolidine (1.42 g) and triethylamine (1.4 ml) in dichloromethane (14 ml) at 0°-5° C. and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. The mixture was poured into water (50 ml), adjusted to pH 2.5 with 6N hydrochloric acid and extracted with dichloromethane (50 ml×2). The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a syrup. The syrup was subjected to a column chromatography on silica gel (20 g) and eluted with a mixture of methanol and chloroform (1:99 V/V) to give (2S,4R)-2-(carboxymethyloxymethyl)-4-methanesulfonyloxy-1-(4-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl)pyrrolidine (1.30 g).

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