Hydrochloric Acid → tert-Butyl (4-hydroxy-2-methylbutan-2-yl)carbamate

Temperature

0 °C

At 0° C., ethyl chloroformate (1.10 mL, 11.5 mmol) was given dropwise to a solution of 3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-3-methylbutanoic acid (2.50 g, 11.5 mmol) and triethylamine (1.92 mL, 13.8 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL). The solution was stirred for 40 min at 0° C. The formed precipitate was filtered off and washed with tetrahydrofuran (20 mL). The liquid was immediately cooled to 0° C. A 2M solution of lithium boronhydride in tetrahydrofuran (14.4 mL, 28.8 mmol) was added dropwise. The solution was stirred at 0° C. for 2 h, and then warmed to room temperature over a period of 4 h. It was cooled to 0° C. Methanol (5 mL) was added carefully. 1N Hydrochloric acid (100 mL) was added. The solution was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL, 3×50 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (100 mL) and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed in vacuo. The crude product was chromatographed on silica (110 g) with ethyl acetate/heptane 1:2 to give 1.84 g of 3-hydroxy-1,1-dimethylpropylcarbamic acid tert-butyl ester.

1. customAt 0° C.
2. filtrationThe formed precipitate was filtered off
3. washwashed with tetrahydrofuran (20 mL)
4. temperatureThe liquid was immediately cooled to 0° C
5. stirringThe solution was stirred at 0° C. for 2 h
6. temperaturewarmed to room temperature over a period of 4 h
7. temperatureIt was cooled to 0° C
8. extractionThe solution was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL, 3×50 mL)
9. washThe combined organic layers were washed with saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (100 mL)
10. dry with materialdried over magnesium sulfate
11. customThe solvent was removed in vacuo
12. customThe crude product was chromatographed on silica (110 g) with ethyl acetate/heptane 1:2

ORD record

ord-7f906e07225b4025b53092ef74ab693d

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2004_08

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US06784158B1