Acetone → Benzyl 3,4-dihydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of N-carbobenzoxy-3-pyrroline (1.00 g, 4.92 mmol, 1.0 eq) in acetone (20 mL) was added NMO (1.0 g, 7.38 mmol, 1.5 eq) followed by OsO4 (cat. 10 mg in 1 mL iPrOH). The mixture was stirred for 3 h. To this, saturated NaHSO3 aqueous solution (5 mL) was added, and the mixture was stirred for another 0.5 h. The organic phase was separated from the mixture, and the water phase was extracted with EtOAc (20 mL×3). The combined organic phases were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (EtOAc) to give the compound as colorless oil (1.16 g, 100%).

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