2-Bromoethyl methyl ether → (rac)-(3aSR,6aRS)-3-(2-Methoxy-ethyl)-2-oxo-hexahydro-cyclopentaimidazole-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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The title compound was prepared in accordance with the general method of example 1, step 2 starting from (rac)-(3aSR,6aRS)-2-oxo-hexahydro-cyclopentaimidazole-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (Example 1, step 1) and using 1-bromo-2-methoxyethane instead of iodoethane to yield the desired product as a light yellow oil which was directly used in the next step without further characterisation.

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