Sodium hydride → (2-Fluoro-4-methoxycarbonylmethoxy-5-nitrophenyl) 1-pyrrolidinecarboxylate

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To a stirred, cold (-50° ) mixture of 7.00 g (0.0257 mole) of (2,4-difluoro-5-nitrophenyl) 1-pyrrolidinecarboxylate and 1.60 g (0.0283 mole) of methyl glycolate in 200 mL of tetrahydrofuran was added 1.02 g (0.0424 mole) of sodium hydride. The reaction mixture was stirred at -50° C. for approximately four hours. The mixture was allowed to gradually warm to room temperature. The reaction mixture was poured into ice-water, and the resultant mixture was extracted with diethyl ether. The extract was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and the filtrate evaporated under reduced pressure to yield 4.5 g of (2-fluoro-4-methoxycarbonylmethoxy-5-nitrophenyl) 1-pyrrolidinecarboxylate. The nmr and ir spectra were consistent with the proposed structure.

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