Diethyl Ether → N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-N-(2-oxopropyl)glycine

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To a cold (0° C.) solution of N-[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl]-N-[(methoxy)-(methyl)carbamoylmethyl]glycine (1.0 g, 3.6 mmol; Helvetica Chimica Acta 2000, 83 1825), in anhydrous THF (30 mL) under an atmosphere of nitrogen, a solution of methyl magnesium bromide in ether (2.6 mL, 3M, 7.8 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h, cooled back to 0° C., quenched with aqueous HCl, and diluted with ether. The organic extract was washed with brine (pH adjusted to ˜4-5 with addition of aqueous sodium hydroxide), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum to provide the title compound.

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