Dimethyl Sulfoxide → t-Butyl 5-fluoro-4-hydroxy-3-nitropentanoate

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A solution of oxalic acid (1.9 mL, 21.8 mmol) in dry CH2Cl2 (100 mL) was cooled to −78° C., a solution of DMSO (3.0 mL, 42.3 mmol) in dry CH2Cl2 (10 mL) was added with stirring in such a rate that the temperature was kept at −50 to −60° C. After 5 min stirring, a solution of 2-fluoroethanol (1.2 mL, 18.4 mmol) in dry CH2Cl2 (10 mL) was added, and stirring was continued for an additional 15 min, then dry Et3N (13.5 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 15 min, then allowed to warm to rt. To the reaction mixture was added a solution of t-butyl 3-nitropropionate (2.87 g, 16.38 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (20 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 3 h, then poured into water (100 mL). The organic layer was separated and the aqueous was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×50 mL). The CH2Cl2 solution was washed with brine, dried and evaporated. The residue was purified by chromatography twice over silica gel (hexane-EtOAc, 7:3) to give 950 mg (24.5%) of the titled product as a colorless viscous oil. 1H NMR (CDCl3), 1.450 (s, 9H), 2.80-2.90 (m, 2H), 3.12-3.20 (m, 1H), 4.41-4.59 (m, 2H), 4.57-4.59 (m, 1H), 4.95-5.01 (m, 1H).

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