Elsevier, Tetrahedron Letters, 30(51), p. 3918-3921
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2010.05.095
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Treatment of the N-nitroaryl-3-hydroxypiperidine derivatives 12 and 13 with thionyl chloride afforded the corresponding N-aryl-2-chloromethylpyrrolidines 5 and 15 via a ring-contraction process involving an intermediate aziridinium ion.