Sodium Iodide → tert-Butyl benzyloxy(4-cyanobutyl)carbamate

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N-(tert-Butoxycarbonyl)-N-(4-cyanobutyl)-O-benzylhydroxylamine (4) was synthesized by adding sodium iodide (84 mg, 0.56 mmol) and then sodium hydride (80% oil dispersion, 0.49 g, 16.3 mmol) to O-benzyl-N-tert-butoxycarbonyl hydroxylamine (2.68 g, 12.0 mmol) in dry DMF (40 ml). After stirring for 15 minutes, 5-chlorovaleronitrile (1.5 mL, 13.3 mmol) was added and the suspension heated at 80°-85° C. for 4 hours under argon. After cooling, the reaction was quenched with H2O (100 mi), then extracted with ether (4×75 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with 100 mL each of 1% aqueous Na2SO3, H2O and brine and then concentrated to give 4.39 g crude product. Column chromatography with 4.5% EtOAc/CHCl3 produced 3.17 g of O-benzyl-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-N-(4-cyanobutyl)hydroxylamine (4) (87% yield): NMR δ 1.5-1.75 (s+m, 13 H), 2.3 (t, 2 H), 3.4 (t, 2 H), 4.77 (s, 2 H), 7.3 (s, 5 H). Anal. calcd. for C17H24N2O3 : C, 67.08; H, 7.95; N, 9.20. Found: C, 67.19; H, 7.99; N, 9.11.

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