Hydrochloric Acid → Tert-butyl(3s,4s)-4-{[4-(4-fluorobenzyl)cyclohexyl]amino}tetrahydro-3-furanylcarbamate

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To a flame-dried round bottom flask under nitrogen containing (3S,4S)-3-aminotetrahydrofuran-4-yl carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (90 mg, 0.45 mmol) and 4-(4-fluorobenzyl)cyclohexanone (87 mg, 0.42 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (6 mL) was added sodium triacetoxyborohydride (191 mg, 0.90 mmol). The resulting yellow mixture was stirred for 15 min and was then poured into 1N aqueous hydrogen chloride (50 mL). The aqueous layer was basified with 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide and washed with ethyl acetate (4×20 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated, and the resulting residue was purified by flash chromatography (5% methanol in dichloromethane) to yield the desired carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (94 mg, 53%) as a yellow oil. MS (ESI) 393 (M+H).

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