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HRID 2050390Generated: November 3, 2026

Sodium borohydride → cis-3-Azido-2-hydroxymethyl-4-oxoazetidine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantSodium borohydrideHCID 4311764—
ReactantMethyl (2R,3R)-3-azido-4-oxoazetidine-2-carboxylateHCID 13566680—
Productcis-3-Azido-2-hydroxymethyl-4-oxoazetidineHCID 86734333—

Reaction Steps

Methyl cis-3-azido-4-oxoazetidine-2-carboxylate was reduced with sodium borohydride as described in Preparation 3 and the product was chromatographed on silica gel with ethyl acetate as eluant to give cis-3-azido-2-hydroxymethyl-4-oxoazetidine.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04200572
Source datasetuspto-grants-1980_04
ORD IDord-15e7d169cddd4bb89cca48e45f836b69
Source noteuspto-grants-1980_04