Dimethyl Sulfoxide → tert-butyl N-(4-oxocyclohexyl)carbamate

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To a stirred solution of oxalyl chloride (0.83 g) in dry dichloromethane (15 mL) at -60° C. was added dimethylsulfoxide (1.0 mL) in dichloromethane (3 mL) dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred at -60° C. for 10 min, then N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-trans-4-aminocyclohexanol (1.28 g) in dichloromethane (70 mL) was added over 15 min. The resulting mixture was stirred at -60° C. for a further 15 min, then triethylamine (4.2 mL) was added and the solution was allowed to warm to room temperature. The mixture was washed with water (20 mL) and this aqueous layer was extracted once with dichloromethane (20 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. Drying under vacuum gave N-tert-butyloxycarbonyl-4-aminocyclohexanone (1.25 g) as a colorless solid.

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