Diisopropylethylamine → (4S)-4-(4-methylbenzyl)-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one

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A stirred solution of (2S)-2-amino-3-(4-methylphenyl)propan-1-ol (Step A, 460 mg, 2.79 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) at 0° C. was treated with diisopropylethylamine (2.92 mL, 16.74 mmol) and triphosgene (414 mg, 1.39 mmol) under an atmosphere of N2. The reaction stirred at 0° C. for 3 h. The reaction was quenched with sat. NaHCO3 (10 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (4×20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (25 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by flash silica gel chromatography (0-70% EtOAc/hexanes gradient) to afford (4S)-4-(4-methylbenzyl)-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one as a white solid. LCMS=192.2 (M+1)+. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 7.17 (d, J=8 Hz, 2H), 7.09 (d, J=7.7 Hz, 2H), 5.39 (br s, 1H), 4.48 (t, J=8.4 Hz, 1H), 4.37 (dd, J=8.6, 5.6 Hz, 1H), 4.11-4.06 (m, 1H), 2.86 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 2.36 (s, 3H).

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