Ammonium Chloride → HCID 53793418, compound

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A solution of 7.23 g (22.2 mmol) of t-butyl (4S,5R)-4-(cyclohexylmethyl)-5-formyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate in 150 ml of tetrahydrofuran is added dropwise within 40 minutes at 30° to a solution of the Grignard compound prepared from 15 g (111 mmol) of bromocyclobutane and 2.7 g (111 mgram atom) of magnesium shavings in 150 ml of tetrahydrofuran and the reaction mixture is subsequently stirred at room temperature overnight. Thereafter, the reaction mixture is poured into 300 ml of a saturated ammonium chloride solution and extracted three times with 600 ml of ether each time. The ether extracts are washed with ammonium chloride solution, dried, filtered and evaporated. The crude product (9.34 g) is chromatographed on 500 g of silica gel with a 92.5:7.5 mixture of toluene and ethyl acetate as the eluting agent, whereby there are obtained 2.44 g of t-butyl (4S,5R)-4-(cyclohexylmethyl)-5-[(S)-cyclobutylhydroxymethyl]-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate as an oil; MS: 381 (M)+, and 2.9 g of the epimeric compound t-butyl (4S,5R)-4-(cyclohexylmethyl)-5-[(R)-cyclobutylhydroxymethyl]-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate, likewise as an oil, MS: 381 (M)+.

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