1,2-Dichloroethane → (R)-2-Cyclohexylmethyl-4-morpholin-4-yl-4-oxo-butyric acid 1-methyl ester

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(R)-2-(Cyclohexylmethyl)succinic acid 1-methyl ester (1.00 g, 4.38 mmol) was dissolved in 10 mL of DMF and cooled to 0° C. with an ice-water bath. EDC (1.12 g, 5.69 mmol) then 1-hydroxybenzotriazole (0.77 g, 5.69 mmol) were added and stirring continued, under argon, for 25 min. Morpholine (0.76 mL, 8.76 mmol) was added and stirring was continued overnight (16 h). The solution was diluted with 200 mL of EtOAc and washed with a 1.0 M solution of HCl (3×100 mL), a saturated solution of NaHCO3 (3×100 mL), water (100 mL), then with brine (100 mL). The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated by rotary evaporation to give (R)-2-Cyclohexylmethyl-4-morpholin-4-yl-4-oxo-butyric acid 1-methyl ester (1.26 g, 99%) as a white solid. The product was used in the following step without purification.

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