Ammonium Chloride → tert-Butyl 3-hydroxy-3-methylazetidine-1-carboxylate

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Methylmagnesium bromide-tetrahydrofuran solution (1.12 M, 3.90 mL, 4.38 mmol) was added dropwise to tert-butyl 3-oxoazetidine-1-carboxylate (500 mg, 2.92 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) under cooling with ice and stirred for 90 minutes. After addition of saturated aqueous ammonium chloride, the reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=2/1→1/1 (v/v)) to give the title compound as a colorless solid (224 mg, yield 41%).

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