“…4-(4-((3
S
,5
S
)-5-Carboxypyrrolidin-3-yloxy)phenyl)-1-ethylpyridinium bromide (1) was prepared analogous to a known procedure [59] and obtained as beige-brown solid (96%). 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 8.92 (d, 3
J = 6.4 Hz, 2H, H o-py ), 8.37 (d, 3
J = 6.4 Hz, 2H, H m-py ), 8.06 (d, 3
J = 8.6 Hz, 2H, H m-ph ), 7.27/7.20 (d, 3
J = 8.6 Hz, 2H, H o-ph ), 5.42 (s, 1H, CH 2 C H CH 2 ), 4.73–4.58 (m, 3H, C H
2 CH 3 and CH 2 C H N), 3.82–3.62 (m, 2H, NC H
2 CH), 2.85–2.73 (m, 1H, CHC H
2 CH), 2.71–2.63 (m, 1H, CHC H
2 CH), 1.67 (t, 3
J = 7.3 Hz, 3H, CH 2 C H
3 ) ppm; 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CD 3 OD) δ 171.0 ( C ═O), 160.9 ( C
ph −O), 156.9 ( C
p-py −C), 145.4 ( C
o-py −H), 131.0 ( C
m-ph -H), 128.5 ( C
p-ph -C), 125.2 ( C
m-py −H), 118.0 ( C
o-ph −H), 77.3/76.7 (CH 2
C HCH 2 ), 59.8 (CH 2
C HN), 57.4 ( C H 2 CH 3 ), 52.7 (N C H 2 CH), 35.7 (CH C H 2 CH), 16.7 (CH 2
C H 3 ) ppm; HRESIMS ( m / z ): [M] + calcd for C 18 H 21 N 2 O 3 , 313.1547; found, 313.1563.…”