Hydrochloric Acid → 4-[(3R,4S)-3-({(tert-butoxycarbonyl)[(1R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]amino}methyl)-4-phenylpyrrolidin-1-yl]-4-oxobutanoic acid

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Succinic anhydride was added to a mixture of 1.0 g of tert-butyl [(1R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]{[(3R,4S)-4-phenylpyrrolidin-3-yl]methyl}carbamate, 235 mg of triethylamine and 15 ml of THF at room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction solution was mixed with 1 M hydrochloric acid to quench the reaction and extracted with chloroform. The organic layer was dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under a reduced pressure to obtain 1.72 g of crude 4-[(3R,4S)-3-({(tert-butoxycarbonyl)[(1R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]amino}methyl)-4-phenylpyrrolidin-1-yl]-4-oxobutanoic acid (compound A) as a colorless amorphous substance. A 1.0 g portion of the thus obtained crude product was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (chloroform-methanol) to obtain 525 mg of 4-[(3R,4S)-3-({(tert-butoxycarbonyl)[(1R)-1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]amino}methyl)-4-phenylpyrrolidin-1-yl]-4-oxobutanoic acid as a colorless amorphous substance.

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