Azide → 2-Oxazolidinone, 3-[(2S,4S)-4-azido-2-(1-methylethyl)-1-oxo-4-[(2S,4S)-tetrahydro-4-(1-methylethyl)-5-oxo-2-furanyl]butyl]-4-(phenylmethyl)-, (4S)-

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Reaction Steps

13.6 g of freshly dried tetrabutylammonium azide are added to a solution, stirred at room temperature, of 17.8 g of 3(S)-isopropyl-5(S)-{1(R)-bromo-4-methyl-3(S)-[(4(S)-benzyloxazolidin-2-on-3-yl)-carbonyl]-pentyl}-tetrahydrofuran-2-one in 180 ml of toluene, and a further 10 g of the azide are added in the course of 160 hours' stirring at room temperature. The reaction mixture is then partitioned between ethyl acetate and water (2x) and saturated sodium chloride solution (1x). The organic phases are combined, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated. The title compound is obtained from the evaporation residue by means of FC (hexane/ethyl acetate=8:2) and crystallisation from diethyl ether/hexane: m.p.=102°-103° C.; Rf (hexane/ethyl acetate=8:2)=0.2; HPLC Rt =18.55 minutes; FAB-MS (M+H)+=457.

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