Sodium Azide → tert-butyl N-(2-azidopropyl)carbamate

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To a solution of 1-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)propan-2-yl methanesulfonate (10.0 g, 39.5 mmol) in DMF (100 mL) at RT was added NaN3 (7.7 g, 118.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 85° C. for 24 h, cooled to RT, diluted with cold water (300 mL) and extracted with diethyl ether (3×300 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 (2×200 mL) and brine (200 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford tert-butyl 2-azidopropylcarbamate (7.0 g, 88.6%) as a light yellow oil. 1HNMR (CDCl3): δ 3.6 (m, 1H, CH), 3.25 (m, 1H, CH2), 2.9 (m, 1H, CH2), 1.49 (s, 9H, CH3), 1.2 (d, 3H, CH3).

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