Sodium Thiosulfate → tert-Butyl N-(3-oxopropyl)carbamate

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To a stirring solution of 3-(Boc-amino)-1-propanol (25 mL, 0.144 mol) in water saturated DCM (1.0 L) was added Dess-Martin reagent (99.2 g, 233.9 mmol) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour. The reaction was then diluted with ether (1.0 L), followed by a solution of Na2S2O3 (250 g) in 80% NaHCO3 (450 g in 1.0 L H2O). The reaction was stirred vigorously for 30 minutes until two layers formed, the top layer was clear. The reaction was filtered to remove the precipitated solids and the aqueous layer was extracted with ether (1.0 L). The organic layer was washed with sat. NaHCO3 (1.0 L), H2O (1.0 L), and brine (1 L), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to a clear oil. The crude oil was dissolved in EtOAc:hexanes (1:1 v/v, 1.0 L) and filtered through a short silica gel column to yield the desired N-Boc-3-amino-propanal (21.7 g, 0.125 mol, 85.6% yield): 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.77 (s, 1 H, CHO), 4.85 (bs, 1 H, NH), 3.36-3.42 (m, 2 H, CH2), 2.67 (t, 2 H, CH2), 1.39 (s, 9 H, (CH3)3).

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