Trimethylsulfonium iodide → 3(S)-[N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-N-benzylamino]-1,2-(S)-epoxy-4-phenylbutane

To a suspension of 0.90 g (4.42 mmoles) of trimethylsulfonium iodide in 18 mL of acetonitrile was added 0.495 g (4.42 mmoles) of potassium t-butoxide. A solution of 1.0 g (2.95 mmoles) of N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-N-benzyl-L-phenylalaninal in 7 mL of acetonitrile was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for one hour. The mixture was diluted with 80 mL of water and extracted twice with 80 mL of ethyl acetate. The organic layers were combined and washed with 100 mL water, 30 mL brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give 1.04 g of a yellow crude oil. The crude product was a mixture of the two diastereomers N,αS-bis(phenylmethyl)-N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-2S-oxiranemethanamine and N,αS-bis(phenylmethyl)-N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-2R-oxiranemethanamine.

1. extractionextracted twice with 80 mL of ethyl acetate
2. washwashed with 100 mL water, 30 mL brine
3. dry with materialdried over sodium sulfate
4. filtrationfiltered
5. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure

ORD record

ord-dbab15fbd2be46918a88f7a0972b05d8

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2006_08

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07098202B2