Imidazole → (2R,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-2-[2-(imidazol-1-yl)ethyl]-4-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)pyrrolidine

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of imidazole (1.52 in N,N-dimethylformamide (70 ml) were added potassium t-butoxide (2.51 g) and a solution of (2R,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-2-(2-methanesulfonyloxyethyl)-4-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)pyrrolidine (8.3 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (13 ml) at ambient temperature with stirring, and the mixture was stirred at about 60° C. for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was cooled with ice-cooling, and water and ethyl acetate were added thereto. After separation, the organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with a mixture of chloroform and methanol (10:0.3, V/V) to give (2R,4R)-1-allyloxycarbonyl-2-[2-(imidazol-1-yl)ethyl]-4-(t-butyldimethylsilyloxy)pyrrolidine (11.11 g).

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