Water → tert-butyl N-[3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-2-cyano-propyl]carbamate

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To a stirred solution of 2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-1-{[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]methyl}ethyl methanesulfonate (10 g) in dimethyl sulfoxide (100 ml) was added sodium cyanide (2 g) at room temperature and the whole mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. Water was added to the reaction mixture and the whole mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with water and brine and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residual oil was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (ethyl acetate:hexane=1:5) to give di-tert-butyl (2-cyano-1,3-propanediyl)biscarbamate (4.04 g).

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