Chloroacetyl chloride → HCID 57870206, compound

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Chloroacetyl chloride (0.88 ml, 11 mmol) was added to a solution of (3RS,4SR)-4-((1R)-1-phenyl-ethylamino)-tetrahydro-furan-3-ol (1.9 g, 9.2 mmol) and triethylamine (1.8 ml, 13 mmol) in dichloromethane (30 ml) at 0° C. and the solution was stirred for 2 hours at that temperature. The resulting mixture was poured into water and extracted with chloroform. The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude material was dissolved into 2-propanol (30 ml) at room temperature and 85% potassium hydroxide (1.3 g, 20 mmol) was added to the resulting solution with vigorous stirring at room temperature. After 15 hours, the reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting crude material was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent; hexane/ethyl acetate=100/0 to 3/1) to yield (3aRS,7aSR)-7-((1R)-1-Phenyl-ethyl)-tetrahydro-2,4-dioxa-7-aza-inden-6-one (1.46 g, 5.9 mmol, 64%) as colorless oil.

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