Piperonyl alcohol → tert-butyl 2(R)-[(3,4-methylendioxybenzyl)-(2,6-dimethyl-4-methoxybenzenesulfonyl)amino]-3-phthalimido-propionate

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To a cooled (ice bath) solution of tert-butyl 2(R)-(2,6-dimethyl-4-methoxybenzene sulfonylamino)-3-phthalimido-propionate (6.9 g, 14.12 mmol) in dry benzene (150 ml) with piperonyl alcohol (3.22 g, 21.2 mmol) and tributyl phosphine (5.3 ml, 21.2 mmol) was added 1,1′-(azodicarbonyl)-dipiperidine (5.35 g, 21.2 mmol). The mixture was allowed to warm to ambient temperature overnight. The material was loaded onto a flash silica gel column using ethyl acetate-hexanes (30%) as eluant, providing tert-butyl 2(R)-[(3,4-methylendioxybenzyl)-(2,6-dimethyl-4-methoxybenzenesulfonyl)amino]-3-phthalimido-propionate as a white solid (8.59 g).

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