Triethylamine → tert-Butyl (3-{[(2-fluoro-4-nitrophenyl)carbonyl](methyl)amino}propyl)methylcarbamate

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2-Fluoro-4-nitrobenzoic acid (150 mg, 0.810 mmol) was dissolved in methylene chloride (8 mL), triethylamine (0.135 mL, 0.972 mmol) and pivaloyl chloride (0.100 mL, 0.810 mmol) were added under ice cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 minutes. A solution of tert-butyl methyl[3-(methylamino)propyl]carbamate (described in J. Med. Chem. 1990, 33, 97-101) (164 mg, 0.810 mmol) in methylene chloride (4 mL) was added dropwise under ice cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the resulting residue was purified by NH silica gel column chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate=1:2→0:100, v/v) to give the title compound (300 mg; yield, 100%) as a yellow oily substance.

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