Pyridine → 2-[2-(4-Fluorophenyl)acetyl]-4-(4-nitro-phenoxycarbonyloxy)-pyrazolidine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester

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2-[2-(4-Fluorophenyl)acetyl]-4-hydroxy-pyrazolidine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester, 38, (366 mg, 1.02 mmol) is dissolved in dichloromethane (10 mL). The solution is cooled to 0° C. and p-nitrophenyl chloroformate (411 mg, 2.04 mmol) is added in one portion. The solution is stirred at 0° C., and pyridine (198 μL, 2.45 mmol) added. Stirring is continued at 0° C. for 1 hour followed by stirring at room temperature for 12 hours. The reaction is diluted with water (40 mL) and extracted with dichloromethane (40 mL). The organic layer is washed with 0.5 N NaOH (2×40 mL). The combined aqueous layers are back-extracted extracted with dichloromethane (30 mL). The combined organic layers are washed with brine (30 mL), dried, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude material is purified over silica (3:1 to 2:1 to 1:1 hexane/ethyl acetate) to afford 462 mg (86% yield) of the desired product as a white foam.

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