Triethylamine → Methyl (R)-3-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-2,3-dihydro-1H-indene-5-carboxylate

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(R)-tert-Butyl 6-bromo-2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-1-ylcarbamate (15.0 g, 48.07 mmol, 1 eq) was dissolved in a mixture of methanol (200 ml) and DMSO (30 ml) and degassed for 30 min with argon, and palladium acetate (0.53 g, 2.40 mmol, 0.05 eq), 1,3-bis(diphenylphosphine)-propane (0.99 g, 2.40 mmol, 0.05 eq) and triethylamine (20 ml, 144.21 mmol, 3.0 eq) were added. In an autoclave, the reaction was sealed for 16 h at 75° C. at CO pressure (80 psi). Then the reaction mixture was dried under reduced pressure, and the residue was taken up in water (150 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×300 ml). The combined organic phases were washed with sat. NaCl solution (100 ml), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 5% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give the desired product in the form of a white solid. Yield: 76% (10.6 g, 36.43 mmol).

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