Sodium triacetoxyborohydride → 1-(5-Bromo-2-chloro-benzyl)azetidine-3-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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A mixture of 5-bromo-2-chloro-benzaldehyde (2 g, 9.11 mmol) and azetidine-3-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester hydrochloride (1.765 g, 9.11 mmol) in dichloroethane (50 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 10 minutes. To this mixture was added sodium triacetoxy-borohydride (3.86 g, 18.23 mmol) in 3 portions over a period of 10 minutes and the cloudy mixture was stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with CH2Cl2 (100 mL) and washed twice with 10% sodium bicarbonate solution, twice with water then brine. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude was purified by chromatography on silica gel (cyclohexane/EtOAc).

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