4-Methylmorpholine → Tert-butyl 2-[[(4-bromobenzoyl)amino]methyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To 2-aminomethyl-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.00 g, 4.97 mmol) and 4-bromo-benzoic acid (996 mg, 4.97 mmol) in DMF (25 mL) was added N-methylmorpholine (655 μl, 5.96 mmol) and HATU (1.89 g, 4.97 mmol). After stirring for 3 hours the reaction was concentrated then diluted with EtOAc and washed with 1N HCl, saturated NaHCO3, and brine. The organic phase was then dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The crude material was purified by silica gel chromatography (20-50% EtOAc-hexanes gradient) to afford 2-[(4-bromo-benzoylamino)-methyl]-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.91 g, 4.97 mmol, quantitative yield). LCMS-ESI+: calc'd for C17H24BrN2O3: 383.1 (M+H+). Found: 383.6 (M+H+).

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