Sodium borohydride → (S)-tert-butyl 4-((R)-5-tert-butoxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-oxopentyl)-2,2-dimethyloxazolidine-3-carboxylate

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(S)-tert-butyl 4-((R)-5-tert-butoxy-2-((R)-4-methyl-2-oxooxazolidine-3-carbonyl)-5-oxopentyl)-2,2-dimethyloxazolidine-3-carboxylate (4.12 g, 7.36 mmol) was dissolved in 4:1 THF and methanol (200 mL) and cooled to 0° C. Sodium borohydride (557 mg, 2 eq) was added slowly. After 10 min., the mixture was warmed up to rt slowly. The mixture was stirred 2 hr at rt. The mixture was concentrated, redissolved in EtOAc (300 mL), washed with 1% HCl solution (100 mL), brine (60 mL), and dried over Na2SO4. After filtration and concentration, the residue was purified by ISCO (40 g column, 10-65% EtOAc in Hexanes gradient, check TLC with Ninhydrin stain) to afford 2.86 g of (S)-tert-butyl 4-((R)-5-tert-butoxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-5-oxopentyl)-2,2-dimethyloxazolidine-3-carboxylate as a white solid. MS ESI+m/v 410 (M+Na).

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