Water → (5R)-5-(Azidomethyl)-3-(3-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one

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A solution of (5R)-methanesulfonic acid 3-(3-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)-2-oxo-oxazolidin-5-ylmethyl ester (1020, 14.0 g, 33.7 mmol) in anhydrous DMF (50 mL) was treated with sodium azide (NaN3, 4.4 g, 67.5 mmol, 2.0 equiv) at 25° C., and the resulting mixture was subsequently warmed up to 70-75° C. for 4 h. When TLC and HPLC/MS showed that the reaction was complete, the reaction mixture was cooled down to room temperature before being treated with H2O (100 mL) and EtOAc (100 mL). The two layers were then separated, and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were then washed with water (2×50 mL) and saturated aqueous NaCl solution (50 mL), dried over MgSO4, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was further dried in vacuo to afford the crude, (5R)-5-azidomethyl-3-(3-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)-oxazolidin-2-one (1023, 12.08 g, 12.2 g theoretical, 99%) as white powders. For 1023: 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 3.67-3.81 (m, 3H), 4.14 (t, 1H, J=5.4 Hz), 4.88-4.94 (m, 1H), 7.22 (dd, 1H, J=2.4, 8.7 Hz), 7.56 (dd, 1H, J=2.4, 8.7 Hz), 7.84 (dd, 1H, J=7.5, 8.7 Hz); LCMS C10H5FIN4O2, LCMS (EI) m/e 363 (M++H).

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