2,4-Dichlorobenzyl chloride → (R)-2-[4-(2,4-Dichloro-benzyloxy)-phenoxymethyl]-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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To a 25 mL vial which contained a solution of the product from step 1 (150 mg, 0.5 mmol) and 2,4-dichloro-benzyl chloride (180 mg, 0.8 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (15 mL) was added dry Cs2CO3 (150 mg, 0.75 mmol) at rt. The reaction mixture which resulted was allowed to stir at rt for 7 d. The mixture was poured onto 50 mL ice-water solution and extracted with EtOAc (3×30 mL) allowed). The combined organic layers were washed with water (30 mL) and brine (30 mL) and dried over anhy. Na2SO4. The solvent was removed under vacuo to obtain the crude product which was purified by silica gel flash chromatography to afford the title product (130 mg, 55%); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3); δ 1.47 (s, 9H), 1.80-2.10 (m, 4H), 3.26-3.45 (m, 2H), 3.69-3.91 (m, 1H), 4.01-4.18 (m, 2H), 5.07 (s, 2H), 6.84-6.90 (m, 4H), 7.25-7.28 (m, 1H), 7.41 (d, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.49 (d, J=8.4 Hz, 1H),

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