Triethylamine → (2S)-1-oxo-1-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)propan-2-yl 2-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)acetate

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To a solution of (2S)-2-hydroxy-1-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)propan-1-one (24.0 g, 0.17 mol) in DCE (120 mL) was added triethylamine (84.69 g, 0.84 mol) and 2-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)acetyl chloride (crude, 46.29 g, 0.17 mol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h at RT. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (200 mL) and separated the organic layer. The organic layer was washed with 10% NaS2O3 (100 mL) and saturated sodium bicarbonate (60 mL). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified by flash column on 100-200 mesh silica-gel (20-25% ethyl acetate-hexane) to afford (2S)-1-oxo-1-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)propan-2-yl 2-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)acetate 4 (37.5 g, 59%) as brown sticky gum.

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