Benzyl Aziridine-1-carboxylate → HCID 69246152, compound

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To a solution of the compound tert-butyl 5-biphenyl-4-yl-3-oxopentanoate (237 mg,) in tetrahydrofuran (4 ml) and tert-butyl alcohol (4 ml) at 0° C. under inert atmosphere was added potassium tert-butoxide (98 mg) and stirred for 20 minutes. To this at 0° C. was then added n-tetrabutylammonium iodide (27 mg) and benzyl aziridine-1-carboxylate (130 mg) and stirred the reaction mixture for 5 minutes. The resulting reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and then further heated at 70° C. for 2 hours. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure and the residue thus obtained was taken in water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue thus obtained was purified by column chromatography using 20% ethyl acetate in hexane as eluant to furnish the title compound (60 mg).

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