M. Sunose et al., REGIOSELECTIVE DIRECTED LITHIATION OF N-BOC 3-HYDROXYPYRROLIDINE - SYNTHESIS OF 2-SUBSTITUTED 4-HYDROXYPYRROLIDINES, Chemical communications, (16), 1998, pp. 1723-1724
N-Boc 3-hydroxypyrrolidine 1 undergoes directed C-lithiation at C5 and
not, as previously reported, at C2; the resulting dilithiated interme
diate 6 has been trapped by a range of electrophiles to give 2-substit
uted 4-hydroxypyrrolidines 7.