Acetic Anhydride → (1-Acetylazetidin-3-yl)methyl (2-nitro-5-(thiophen-2-yl)phenyl)carbamate

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To a solution of azetidin-3-ylmethyl (2-nitro-5-(thiophen-2-yl)phenyl)carbamate (0.35 g, 1.05 mmol, 1 eq.) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added TEA (0.22 mL, 1.57 mmol, 1.5 eq.) and acetic anhydride (0.11 mL, 1.15 mmol, 1.1 eq.) at 0° C. The reaction was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 1 h. The reaction was diluted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was washed with water and brine. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude material was purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 4% MeOH/CH2Cl2) to obtain (1-acetylazetidin-3-yl)methyl (2-nitro-5-(thiophen-2-yl)phenyl)carbamate (0.31 g, 79% yield).

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