An efficient and straight forward synthesis of (5S)-1-benzyl-5-(1H- imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2-pyrrolidinone (MM1): A novel antihypertensive agent
(5S)-1-benzyl-5-(1H-imidazol-1-ylmethyl)-2-pyrrolidinone and its closely related analog was synthesized from (S)-pyroglutaminol and imidazole or substituted imidazole using Mitsunobu reaction as the key step. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2010.