Sodium Carbonate → benzyl N-(2-hydroxybutyl)carbamate

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A mixture of 1-amino-2-butanol (5.5 g, 61.8 mmol), benzyl chloroformate (11.5 g, 67.6 mmol) and sodium carbonate (7.16 g, 67.7 mmol) in water (50 mL) was stirred at 0° C. for 3 h. Water (50 mL) was added to the reaction mixture and the product was extracted with methylene chloride (3×20 mL). The methylene chloride extract was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The residue was passed through a short column (SiO2, hexanes: ethyl acetate/10:1; then ethyl acetate) to afford 1-benzyloxycarbonylamino-2-butanol (13.9 g, 100%) as a liquid.

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