4-Methylmorpholine → (S)-2-(dibenzylamino)-N-methoxy-N-methylpentanamide

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(S)-2-(dibenzylamino)pentanoic acid (1.57 Kg; 5.286 mol) was dissolved in dry dichloromethane (9.42 L) under a nitrogen atmosphere and cooled to 0-5° C. The resulting solution was treated with N-hydroxybenzotriazole (HOBt; 928 g; 6.875 mol) followed by 1-ethyl-3-(3′-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDCI, 1.51 Kg; 7.931 mol;) at 0-5° C. The reaction mixture was stirred for 3 hours at ambient temperature, then treated with N-methylmorpholine (NMM; 1.62 Kg; 16.07 mol) followed by N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (1.29 Kg; 13.22 mol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 15 hours, then water (2.5 L) added, and the mixture stirred for 10 minutes. The organic layer was separated, washed with 1% aqueous hydrochloric acid, followed by saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, then brine solution. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to provide (S)-2-(dibenzylamino)-N-methoxy-N-methylpentanamide, a compound of formula (6), as a syrupy oil.

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