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N-Alkylation of the β-lactone derived from Boc-L-serine followed by ring opening with sodium benzeneselenoate provides chiral substrates which undergo intramolecular radical cyclization to afford cis/trans mixtures of 4-alkyl-L-prolines.
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Wernic et al. (1991) studied this question.
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