“…3-Substituted-3-hydroxypyrrolidines (R,R 1 = Me, Et; Z = OH, CHPh 2 ; OH, 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-yl, CPh 2 , 10,11-dihydro-5H-dibenzo[a,d]cyclohepten-5-ylidene; 5,6,7,12-tetrahydrodibenzo[a,d]cycloocten-12-ylidene) 142 were prepared by reaction of 3-pyrrolidinones with a suitable hydrocarbon in the presence of BuLi followed by optional dehydration (Figure 12) [46]. Lithiation of 2-bromo-6-substituted naphthalene followed by stereoselective addition to 3-pyrrolidinone derivative 35 gave a racemic mixture of 3-naphthyl-3hydroxypyrrolidine hydrochloride 143 (R = H, F, OCH 3 ) (Scheme 54) [48].…”