Cesium carbonate → [4-(4-Cyanomethoxyphenyl)butyl]carbamic acid tert-butyl ester

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A mixture of [4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)butyl]carbamic acid tert-butyl ester 31 (0.365 g, 1.37 mmol) and Cs2CO3 (0.672 g, 2.06 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (8 mL) was heated at 65° C. for 30 min. Iodoacetonitrile (0.276 g, 1.651 mmol) was then added to the mixture in one portion. The mixture was stirred at 65° C. overnight, and then cooled to room temperature. The precipitated solid was filtered, and the filtrate was partitioned between water and dichloromethane (each 50 mL). The organic layer was separated, washed with brine (3×50 mL), dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel, eluting with a mixture of diethyl ether/dichloromethane (6:94, v/v), to afford the desired product 40 (0.109 g, 38% yield) as a colorless viscous oil. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.57 (m, 4H), 2.60 (t, 2H), 3.15 (m, 2H), 4.49 (br, 1H), 4.75 (s, 2H), 6.91 (d, 2H), 7.13 (d, 2H).

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