Vinyl hexanoate → (2R)-2-t-Butoxycarbonylamino-3-n-hexanoyloxy-2-methyl-1-propanol

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To a suspension of 2-t-butoxycarbonylamino-2-methylpropane-1,3-diol (20.0 g, 97.4 mmol) in isopropyl ether (200 ml) were added successively vinyl hexanoate (16.3 ml, 0.10 mol) and lipase [Immobilized lipase from Pseudomonas sp., TOYOBO, 0.67 U/mg] (0.8 g) with stirring, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. After stirring, the reaction mixture was filtered and evaporated in vacuo. The residue obtained was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using a mixed solvent of hexane and ethyl acetate (10:1–2:1) as the eluent to afford the title compound (25.0 g, yield: 85%).

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