Hydrochloric Acid → Tert-butyl(3s,4s)-4-{[4-(4-fluorobenzyl)cyclohexyl]amino}tetrahydro-3-furanylcarbamate

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To a flame-dried round bottom flask under nitrogen containing (3S,4S)-3-aminotetrahydrofuran-4-yl carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (90 mg, 0.45 mmol) and 4-(4-fluorobenzyl)cyclohexanone (87 mg, 0.42 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (6 mL) was added sodium triacetoxyborohydride (191 mg, 0.90 mmol). The resulting yellow mixture was stirred for 15 min and was then poured into 1 N aqueous hydrogen chloride (50 mL). The aqueous layer was basified with 50% aqueous sodium hydroxide and washed with ethyl acetate (4×20 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated, and the resulting residue was purified by flash chromatography (5% methanol in dichloromethane) to yield the desired carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (94 mg, 53%) as a yellow oil. MS (ESI) 393 (M+H).

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