Sodium Sulfate → HCID 57539220, compound

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Reaction Steps

To an acetonitrile solution of methyl 2-(dibenzylamino)-3-hydroxypropanoate (23 g, 76.8 mmol) and sodium sulfate (3.9 g, 27.4 mmol) at 40° C., difluoro(fluorosulfonyl)acetic acid (25 g, 140 mmol) was added dropwise for 1.5 hrs. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness and the residue was mixed with silica gel in ethyl acetate, then again concentrated to dryness. The product was purified by column chromatography, eluting with 3-4% ethyl acetate in hexanes, to give methyl 2-dibenzylamino-3-difluoromethoxy-propionate (1.3 g, 4.8%) as a colorless oil. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ(ppm) 7.20-7.40 (m, 10H), 6.18 (bt, 1H), 4.05-4.24 (m, 2H), 3.90 (d, 2H), 3.83 (s, 3H) and 3.64-3.71 (m, 3H).

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