Cyclobutylamine → 1-cyclobutyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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The stirred mixture of (Z)-3-dimethylamino-2-isocyano-acrylic acid ethyl ester (17.0 g, 100 mmol) and cyclobutaneamine (21.79 g, 300 mmol) was heated for 2.5 h at 70° C. The reaction mixture was cooled to rt and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (EtOAc/hexane, 5:1) to afford the title compound as an orange oil. tR: 0.70 min (LC-MS 2); ESI-MS: 195.2 [M+H]+ (LC-MS 2); 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz) δ ppm 8.03 (s, 1H), 7.83 (s, 1H), 4.73 (m, 1H), 4.18 (q, 2H), 2.36 (m, 4H), 1.74 (m, 2H), 1.24 (t, 3H).

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