2-Propyl 3,3-dibromo-2-hydroxypyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

The title compound, C8H13Br2NO3, crystallizes as a non-merohedral twin with twin law −0.6 0 0.4/0 − 1 0 /1.6 0 0.6, and the structure has a refined twin domain ratio of 0.546 (5). The structure shows a compact conformation, with the ester unit roughly coplanar with a mean plane fitted through the non-H atoms of the pyrrolidine ring [dihedral angle = 8.23 (9)°]. In the crystal, inversion dimers linked by pairs of O—H...O hydrogen bonds generate an R22(12) motif.