Ammonium Chloride → tert-Butyl N-[(3S)-1-(4-bromo-3-methylphenyl)-5-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl]carbamate

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A suspension of 2-bromo-5-iodotoluene (1.5 g), tert-butyl ((S)-5-oxopyrrolidin-3-yl)carbamate (2.7 g), copper iodide (95 mg), cesium fluoride (1.9 g), and N,N-dimethylethylenediamine (0.11 ml) in acetonitrile (20 ml) was stirred at 100° C. for 3 hours under a nitrogen atmosphere. After cooling, a saturated aqueous solution of ammonium chloride was added to the reaction solution, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with a 10% aqueous sodium thiosulfate solution and saturated saline in this order and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform-methanol) to obtain the title compound (1.8 g).

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