1,2-Dichloroethane → tert-Butyl [2-(morpholin-4-yl)-2-oxoethyl]carbamate

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)glycine (3.0 g, 17.1 mmol) in DMF (75 mL), N,N-diisopropylethylamine (14.9 mL, 85.5 mmol) was added, followed by EDC (3.6 g, 18.8 mmol) and HOBT (2.5 g, 18.8 mmol) at 0° C., under argon. The resulting mixture was stirred for 0.5 h after which time morpholine (3.0 mL, 34.2 mmol) was introduced in a dropwise manner. Upon complete addition, the reaction was warmed to ambient temperature, stirred overnight and concentrated. The resulting residue was diluted with EtOAc and saturated NaHCO3. The layers were separated and the aqueous phase was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organics were dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated to give 2.3 g (55%) of (2-morpholin-4-yl-2-oxo-ethyl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester which was used without further purification.

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