Methylparaben → 4-[1-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-oxo-pyrrolidin-3-ylmethoxy]-benzoic acid methyl ester

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4-Hydroxybenzoic acid methyl ester (0.20 g, 1.314 mmol), 1-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-4-hydroxymethyl-pyrrolidin-2-one (0.33 g, 1.577 mmol), Ph3P (0.345 g, 1.314 mmol) and triethyl amine (0.20 ml, 1.577 mmol) were mixed under argon atmosphere followed by the addition of the dry toluene (10 mL). The reaction mixture was cooled to 0° C. followed by addition of DIAD (0.3 mL, 0.788 mmol) drop wise. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and heated at 80° C. for 24 h. The reaction was quenched with 5% HCl (10 mL), extracted with DCM. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to afford the crude product which was purified by flash column chromatography to obtain 4-[1-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-oxo-pyrrolidin-3-ylmethoxy]-benzoic acid methyl ester (0.33 g, 73%) as a white solid.

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