tert-Butanol → tert-Butyl [3-(benzyloxy)cyclobutyl]carbamate

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9.28 g (45 mmol) 3-benzyloxy-cyclobutancarboxylic acid (Org. Lett. 6(11), 1853-1856, 2004) are suspended in 80 ml dry tert-butanol and combined with 5.1 g (50 mmol) triethylamine and 13.8 g (50 mmol) phosphoric acid diphenylester azide. The reaction mixture is stirred for 20 h under reflux conditions. The solvent is eliminated in vacuo and the residue is taken up in dichloromethane. The organic phase is washed three times with 2 N sodium hydroxide solution, dried with sodium sulphate and the dichloromethane is eliminated in vacuo. The crude product is recrystallised from acetonitrile (1 g crude product: 5 ml acetonitrile).

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