Diethyl Ether → tert-butyl-2-(N-Boc-3-hydroxy-azetidin-3-yl)-acetate

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Reaction Steps

To a stirring solution of N-Boc-3-azetidinone (0.45 g, 2.64 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was slowly added a 0.5 M solution of 2-tert-butoxy-2-oxoethyl-zinc chloride in Et2O (10 mL, 5.0 mmol), and the reaction mixture was stirred for 5 h. The reaction was then quenched with sat. aq. NH4Cl (10 mL), and the aqueous layer was separated and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×30 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with 5% aq. NaHCO3 (2×10 mL), brine (15 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to dryness to yield tert-butyl-2-(N-Boc-3-hydroxy-azetidin-3-yl)-acetate (MS m/e [M+H]+ calcd 288.2, found 287.7).

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