Triethylamine → tert-Butyl 3-(methoxy(methyl)carbamoyl)azetidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of 1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)azetidine-3-carboxylic acid (5.00 g) in tetrahydrofuran (62.1 mL), 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (6.05 g) was added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for an hour. To the reaction mixture, a solution of N,O-dimethylhydroxylamine hydrochloride (3.64 g) and triethylamine (4.02 g) in acetonitrile (62.1 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and water was added to the resulting residue. Extraction was conducted with ethyl acetate and the combined organic layers were washed with an aqueous solution of 5% citric acid and saturated brine. The washed organic layers were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and after removing the desiccant by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give tert-butyl 3-[methoxy(methyl)carbamoyl]azetidine-1-carboxylate as a pale yellow oil (7.30 g).

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