N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine → Methyl 3-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)furan-2-carboxylate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a solution of tert-butyl furan-3-ylcarbamate (1.7 g, 1.0 eq) in THF (50 ml) at −30° C. was added TMEDA (1.75 ml, 1.3 eq) followed by 1.6M solution of n-butyllithium (8.4 ml, 2.25 eq, 1.6M in hexanes). Reaction mixture was allowed to warm up to 0° C. and stirred for 1 h, before being cooled back to −30° C. Dimethyl carbonate (2.4 ml, 3.0 eq) was quickly added, before the reaction mixture was allowed to warm up to room temperature for 1 hr. Reaction mixture was quenched with 2M HCl, followed by addition of saturated aq. NaCl. Mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were dried with Na2SO4 and concentrated. The crude reaction mixture was purified by flash chromatography to yield tert-butyl 2-(methoxycarbonyl)furan-3-ylcarbamate (1.14 g, 51%): MS (Q1) 242 (M)+.

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