Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → HCID 68561911, compound

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Reaction Steps

Add tetrabutylammonium fluoride (18.32 mL, 18.32 mmol, 1.0 M in tetrahydrofuran) to (2R,5R)-2-(2,2-dimethylpropoxy)-5-formylmorpholine-4-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (5.02 g, 16.66 mmol) and 1,3-difluoro-5-(2-nitroethyl)-benzene (3.43 g, 18.32 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (28 mL) at −10° C. and stir 20 minutes. Pour into ice cold saturated aqueous sodium chloride and extract with ethyl acetate. Wash with 0.1 N aqueous citric acid and saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dry (magnesium sulfate), filter, concentrate and purify (silica gel chromatography, eluting with 20:80 to 30%:70 diethyl ether:hexanes) to give a mixture of 2 diastereomers (3.66 g, 75:25 mixture) which are separated using chiral chromatography to give the desired compound (˜2.45 g, 34.0%).

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