Methyl chloroformate → (S)-2-(Methoxycarbonylamino)-2-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)acetic acid

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A solution of (S)-amino-(tetrahydro-pyran-4-yl)-acetic acid (1 g, 6.28 mmol) in saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (12.32 mL, 125.6 mmol) was stirred until all solids were dissolved. Methyl chloroformate (0.97 mL, 12.56 mmol) was added dropwise, the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h, and IN HCl was added to adjust pH to 1. The reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×15 mL) and the organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated and dried overnight under vacuum to give the title intermediate (1.36 g, 99% yield) as a white, sticky solid. (m/z): [M+H]+ calcd for C9H15NO5 218.10 found 218.3.

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