1-Chloroethyl chloroformate → HCID 66710170, compound

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1-Benzhydryl-3-(biphenyl-4-yloxy)azetidine (15.40 g, 39.34 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (400 mL), stirred, and cooled in an ice-water bath. 1-Chloroethyl chloroformate (8.49 mL, 11.25 g, 78.69 mmol) was added in 1 mL portions over 10 minutes, and the mixture stirred for a further 30 minutes at 0° C., then at rt for 25.5 hours. Further 1-chloroethyl chloroformate (4.25 mL, 5.63 g, 39.35 mmol) was added and the mixture stirred for 3 days. The solvents were evaporated in vacuo and methanol (300 mL) added to the resulting white solid. The mixture was heated gently to dissolve, and then allowed to cool whilst stirring vigorously, whereupon a white precipitate formed. After a further 2 hours stirring at room temperature, the solids where collected by filtration to give the amine (7.41 g, 72%) as a white solid; mp>195° C.; LCMS retention time 1.64 mins, m/z 226.1 [M+H]+; 1H nmr (400 MHz; DMSO-d6) δ 9.26 (br s, 2H), 7.64-7.60 (m, 4H), 7.47-7.41 (m, 2H), 7.33 (ft, 1H, J=7.3 and 1.2 Hz), 6.96 (d, 2H, J=8.8 Hz), 5.13 (tt, 1H, J=6.8 and 4.8 Hz), 4.46 (dd, 2H, J=12.4 and 6.8 Hz) and 4.01 (dd, 2H, J=12.4 and 4.8 Hz).

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