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picrate by treatment with aqueous alkali. H NMR
spectrum (CDCl3, TMS), d, ppm: 1.531.63 m (1H), 1.7
1.85 m (2H), 2.022.12 m (1H), 2.452.70 m (4H), 2.95
3.1 m (2H), 3.83.3.86 m (1H), 4.82 s (1H), 4.94 s (1H).
13C NMR spectrum (CDCl3), dC, ppm: 25.60, 32.32,
32.68, 52.76, 54.28, 67.61, 104.56, 154.71.
(1H), 2.923.08 m (1H), 3.43.54 m (1H), 3.92 q (2H,
J = 7 Hz), 4.80 s (1H), 7.087.34 m (6H), 7.367.56 m
(4H). Found, %: C 77.59; H 7.37. C20H23NO2.
Calculated, %: C 77.71; H 7.45.
1-[(2S)-1-Diphenylmethylpyrrolidin-2-yl]cyclo-
propanol (IV). A 1 M solution of ethylmagnesium
bromide in diethyl ether, 15 ml (15 mmol), was added
over a period of 4060 min under stirring at room
temperature to a solution of 1.51 g (5 mmol) of ester III
and 0.28 ml (1 mmol) of titanium tetraisopropoxide in
15 ml of diethyl ether. The mixture was left overnight,
cooled to 0°C, treated with 12 ml of 2 M hydrochloric
acid, and stirred for 24 h at room temperature. The
organic phase was separated, the oily material was
dissolved in 10 ml of methylene chloride, and the aqueous
phase was additionally treated with methylene chloride
(2 ´ 10 ml). The extracts were combined, washed in
succession with saturated aqueous solutions of sodium
chloride (5 ml) and sodium hydrogen carbonate (5 ml),
and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent
was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain 1.35 g
(92%) of compound IV with [a]D20 = 22.4° (c = 10,
()-Heliotridane (II). Powdered sodium tetra-
hydridoborate, 10 mg (0.26 mmol), was added in portions
under stirring to a solution of 10 mg (0.08 mmol) of
compound I and 20 mg (0.08 mmol) of nickel(II) chloride
hexahydrate in 0.4 ml of methanol. The mixture was stir-
red for 10 min, 1 ml of diethyl ether was added, and
the precipitate was filtered off. Picric acid, 20 mg
(0.08 mmol), was added to the filtrate, the solvent was
removed under reduced pressure, and 1H NMR spectrum
of the dry residue was recorded. The intensity ratio of
the methyl proton signals at d 1.14 {()-heliotridane
picrate; cf. [14]} and 1.20 ppm {()-pseudoheliotridane
picrate; cf. [15]} was 11 : 1. The resulting mixture of II
and X was recrystallized from 0.5 ml of ethanol to isolate
25 mg (81%) of ()-heliotridane II picrate with mp 245
246°C (from ethanol); published data [16]: mp 245.5
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246°C. H NMR spectrum (CDCl3, TMS), d, ppm:
Et2O). IR spectrum: n OH 3455 cm . H NMR spectrum
1.14 d (3H, J = 6.5 Hz), 1.681.82 m (2H), 2.042.24 m
(4H), 2.63 oct (1H, J = 6.5 Hz), 2.742.86 m (1H),
3.12 d.d (1H, J1 = 12, J2 = 7 Hz), 3.68 sept (1H, J =
6.2 Hz), 4.04.1 m (1H), 4.244.34 m (1H), 8.89 s (2H),
11.42 br.s (1H) (cf. [14]).
(CDCl3, TMS), d, ppm: 0.04 d.d.d (1H, J1 = 11, J2 = 6,
J3 = 5 Hz), 0.24 d.d.d (1H, J1 = 11, J2 = 6, J3 = 5 Hz),
0.54 d.d.d (1H, J1 = 11, J2 = 6, J3 = 5 Hz), 0.74 d.d.d (1H,
J1 = 11, J2 = 6, J3 = 5 Hz), 1.52.10 m (5H), 2.402.56 m
(2H), 3.023.18 m (1H), 5.14 s (1H), 7.127.44 s (10H).
Found, %: C 81.98; H 7.81. C20H23NO. Calculated, %:
C 81.91; H 7.92.
()-Heliotridane (II) was isolated from the picrate
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by the action of aqueous alkali. H NMR spectrum
(CDCl3, TMS), d, ppm: 0.98 d (3H, J = 7 Hz), 1.28
1.44 m (2H), 1.521.76 m (3H), 1.771.88 m (1H),
2.24 d.sext (1H, J1 = 10, J2 = 7 Hz), 2.44 t.d (1H, J1 = 10,
J2 = 6 Hz), 2.54 d.d.d (1H, J1 = 11, J2 = 7.5, J3 = 3.5 Hz),
2.96 d.d.d (1H, J1 = 11, J2 = 9, J3 = 6 Hz), 3.14 d.d.d (1H,
J1 = 10, J2 = 7, J3 = 3 Hz), 3.39 d.t (1H, J1 = 9.5, J2 =
7 Hz). 13C NMR spectrum (CDCl3), dC, ppm: 15.11,
26.53, 26.68, 32.07, 35.64, 54.42, 56.48, 68.32.
1-[(2S)-Pyrrolidin-2-yl]cyclopropanol (V). A solu-
tion of 5.86 g (20 mmol) of compound IV in 50 ml of
methanol containing 0.50 g of 20% Pd(OH)2/C was stirred
under a hydrogen pressure of 1 atm until hydrogen was
no longer absorbed (500 ml, 22 mmol). The catalyst was
filtered off, the filtrate was evaporated under reduced
pressure, 10 ml of hexane was added to the residue, the
mixture was cooled to 10°C, and the precipitate was
filtered off, washed on a filter with a small amount of
cold diethyl ether, and dried under reduced pressure. Yield
N-Diphenylmethyl-(S)-proline ethyl ester (III).
A mixture of 16.1 g (112.5 mmol) of (S)-proline ethyl
ester, 27.66 g (112 mmol) diphenylmethyl bromide, 11 g
(130 mmol) of sodium hydrogen carbonate, and 40 ml of
toluene was heated for 4 h under reflux with simultaneous
removal of water, the precipitate of inorganic salts was
filtered off, and the solvent was removed under reduced
pressure. The residue was distilled in a vacuum to isolate
31.67 g (91%) of compound III, bp 166169°C (12 mm),
[a]D17 = 79° (c = 10, Et2O). IR spectrum: n C=O
2.16 g (85%), colorless leaflets, mp 4850°C, [a]D16
=
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19.5° (c = 4, MeOH ). H NMR spectrum (CDCl3,
TMS), d, ppm: 0.400.56 m (2H), 0.700.82 m (2H),
1.621.96 m (4H), 2.803.14 m (3H), 4.30 br.s (2H).
13C NMR spectrum (CDCl3), dC, ppm: 10.78, 12.97,
25.45, 27.11, 46.26, 54.82, 65.25. Found, %: C 66.11;
H 10.30. C7H13NO. Calculated, %: C 66.07; H 10.33.
Ethyl (2S)-2-(1-hydroxycyclopropyl)-1-pyr-
rolidinecarboxylate (VI). Ethyl chloroformate, 1.61 ml
(16.5 mmol), was added dropwise to a solution of 2.0 g
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1720 cm . 1H NMR spectrum (CDCl3, TMS), d, ppm:
1.10 t (3H, J = 7 Hz), 1.762.26 m (4H), 2.562.74 m
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