tert-Butyl hydroperoxide → 4-Oxiranecarbonyl piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert butyl ester

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A solution of anhydrous t-butyl hydroperoxide (5.5M in nonane, 2.07 ml, 11.38 mmol, 1.5 eq) was added to anhydrous THF (50 mL), at −78° C. under argon. To the resulting solution at −78° C. was added butyl lithium (2.3M in n-hexane, 3.36 ml, 8.4 mmol, 1.1 eq) was added and the solution is stirred for a further 5 min at this temperature. A solution of the 4-Acryloyl-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert butyl ester (1.96 g, 7.64 mmol, 1 eq) in anhydrous THF (20 ml) was then added dropwise at −78° C. The resulting mixture was then allowed to warm slowly to room temperature and stirred for a further 16 hr. To the mixture was then added sodium sulfite (1.5 g, 12 mmol, 1.55 eq) and this was then stirred for 15 min. The mixture was then diluted with diethylether (50 ml), filtered through celite and the filtrate evaporated. The residue was purified by chromatography (ethyl acetate/n-hexane 4/1) to give the product (0.39 g, 19%) as a white solid.

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