tert-Butanol → HCID 15411266, compound

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A 2.5% Na amalgam was prepared by adding sodium (15.1 g, 657 mmol) slices to mercury (56 mL, 3.77 mol). This amalgam was added in portions to a vigorously stirring solution of NaH2PO4 (24.4 g, 203 mmol) and Na2HPO4 (28.9 g, 203 mmol) in a 1:1 tert-butanol:ethyl acetate mixture (100 mL). A solution of 7-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-2-p-tolylsulfonyl-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]-hepta-2-ene (14.22 g, 40.7 mmol) in a 1:1 tert-butanol-ethyl acetate mixture (200 mL) was added to the stirring mixture at 0° C. After stirring for 24 h the mixture was decanted into a separatory funnel and extracted with ethyl acetate. The remaining mercury was washed thoroughly with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried with sodium sulfate, concentrated, then purified by flash chromatography with 4:1 hexane:ethyl acetate to provide 7-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-7-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-ene (3-56 g, 45% based on recovered starting material) as a colorless oil.

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