Bromide ion → Methyl 2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]pent-4-ynoate

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Reaction Steps

To an ice cooled suspension of the product of Example 2 (4.00 g, 16.2 mmol) and zinc dust (2.63 g, 40.5 mmol) in DMF (30 mL) under nitrogen was added slowly via syringe propargyl bromide (80% w/w in toluene) (6.02 g, 40.5 mmol). The bromide was added at such a rate as to maintain the internal temperature between 20°-25° C., then stirred at that temperature for an additional 1 hour. The reaction mixture was diluted with 100 mL of EtOAc, washed successively with 0.5N HCl (200 mL), sat'd NaHCO3 (200 mL) and sat'd NaCl and then dried (MgSO4).

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