Benzophenone imine → (1R,2R)-2-(diphenylmethyleneamino)cyclopentanol

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To a solution of (1R,2R)-2-aminocyclopentanol TFA salt (630 mg, 2.93 mmol) was added diphenylmethanimine (490 uL, 2.93 mmol) and TEA (0.5 mL, 3.58 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (3 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 2 h and concentrated under reduced pressure and purified by ISCO flash chromatography using EtOAc and hexane as eluting solvent to yield (1R,2R)-2-(diphenylmethyleneamino)cyclopentanol (697 mg, 90% yield) as a colorless gum. HPLC: RT=1.96 min [M+H] 266.13 (Phenomenex Luna C18 column, 4.6×50 mm eluting with 10-90% MeOH/H2O over 4 minutes containing 0.1% TFA; 4 mL/min, monitoring at 220 nm); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 1.49-1.64 (m, 2H), 1.66-1.91 (m, 3H), 2.08-2.24 (m, 1H), 3.55-3.71 (m, 1H), 4.31-4.47 (m, 1H), 7.15-7.25 (m, 2H), 7.29-7.53 (m, 6H), 7.61-7.67 (m, 2H).

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