Triphenylphosphine → Urea, (2,6-difluorobenzyl)-

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A solution of N-(t-butyloxycarbonyl)-D-α-alaninol (1.75 g, 10 mmol) in anhydrous THF (15 mL) was treated with 5-bromo-1-(2,6-difluorobenzyl)-6-methyluracil (3.31 g, 10 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (3.15 g, 12 mmol) at ambient temperature, then di-tert-butylazodicarboxylate (2.76 g, 12 mmol) was introduced. The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hours and volatiles were evaporated. The residue was partitioned between saturated NaHCO3/H2O and EtOAc. The organic layer was dried (sodium sulfate), evaporated, and purified by flash chromatography (silica, 1:2 EtOAc/hexanes) to give compound 1 (4.69 g, 96.1%), MS (CI) m/z 388.0, 390.0 (MH+-Boc).

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