Methanol → 1-Tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-(2-methanesulfonylethyl)-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid methyl ester

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A solution of 1-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-(2-methylsulfanylethyl)-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (0.63 g, 2.2 mmol) in 10 mL MeOH was added slowly to a suspension of Oxone (2.0 g, 3.3 mmol) in 10 mL H2O at rt. After 2 h at it, the solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was taken up in EtOAc and H2O (15 mL each). The aqueous layer was extracted with 3×10 mL EtOAc. The combined organics were washed with brine and dried over anhydrous MgSO4. Following concentration in vacuo, the residue was purified by column chromatography on SiO2 (0→65% EtOAc/hexanes) to produce 1-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-(2-methanesulfonylethyl)-cyclopropanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (0.50 g, 71%) as a colorless film. LCMS found 222.0 [(M-Boc)+H]+.

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