Triethylamine → Benzyl 3-hydroxyazetidine-1-carboxylate

HRID 1672864Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1672864 reaction equation
Cl.[NH:2]1[CH2:5][CH:4]([OH:6])[CH2:3]1.C(N(CC)CC)C.Cl[C:15]([O:17][CH2:18][C:19]1[CH:24]=[CH:23][CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=1)=[O:16]>O1CCCC1.O>[OH:6][CH:4]1[CH2:5][N:2]([C:15]([O:17][CH2:18][C:19]2[CH:24]=[CH:23][CH:22]=[CH:21][CH:20]=2)=[O:16])[CH2:3]1

Participants

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Procedure

To a solution of azetidin-3-ol hydrochloride in tetrahydrofuran (90 mL) and water (10 mL) was added triethylamine (15 mL, 0.106 mol) followed by slow addition of benzyl chloroformate (8.0 mL, 0.056 mol) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours then partitioned with water and ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 25-50% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to afford phenylmethyl 3-hydroxyazetidine-1-carboxylate (3.56 g, 33% yield) as a clear and colorless oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.36-7.31 (m, 5H), 5.09 (s, 2H), 4.64-4.57 (m, 1H), 4.22 (dd, 2H), 3.88 (dd, 2H), 2.61 (d, 1H, J=4.0 Hz). MS (EI) for C11H13NO3: 208 (MH+).

Workup

  1. customthen partitioned with water and ethyl acetate
  2. washThe organic layer was washed with brine
  3. dry with materialdried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. customThe residue was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 25-50% ethyl acetate in hexanes)

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-c68b8f9f0d0945c7aba3959ac014da74
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2011_08
Patent number
US07999006B2

Reaction notes

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