2-Methoxypropene → Methyl (S)-3-Boc-2,2-dimethyloxazolidine-4-propanoate

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(S)-methyl 4-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-5-hydroxypentanoate (24 g, 97.2 mmol) and isopropenyl methyl ether (88.8 g, 854.6 mmol) was dissolved in acetone (2000 mL) and BF3-Et2O (0.82 mL, 5.84 mmol) was added at rt. The mixture was stirred for 1 hr at rt. The reaction was quenched by addition of Et3N (11.6 mL). The reaction solution was washed with aqueous saturated NaHCO3 (200 mL) and evaporated, and (S)-tert-butyl 4-(3-methoxy-3-oxopropyl)-2,2-dimethyloxazolidine-3-carboxylate (25.1 g, 90%) was obtained as an oil, which was used in the next step without further purification.

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