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Treatment of pyrrolidinemethanol derivatives (-)-1, (-)-6, (-)-7, 8, (-)-9,
(+)-10, (-)-11, and (-)-21 with trifluoroacetic anhydride and then with Et
3N afforded, after hydrolysis of the trifluoroacetyl group with NaOH, the o
ptically active 3-hydroxypiperidines (-)-14, (+)-15, (-)-16, 17, (+)-18, (-
)-19, (-)-20, and (+)-22, respectively. The yields are good and the enantio
meric excess excellent (up to 95 %).