Benzyl Alcohol → Benzyl oxolan-3-ylcarbamate

Participants

Reaction Steps

A mixture of 3-tetrahydrofuroic acid (3.5 gm, 30 mmol), diphenylphosphorylazide (6.82 ml, 32 mmol), triethylamine (5 ml, 36 mmol) in dioxane (35 ml) was stirred at RT for 20 min then heated in a 100° C. oil bath under dry nitrogen for 2 hours. Benzyl alcohol (4.7 ml, 45 mmol) was added, and continued heating at 100° C. for 22 hours. The mixture was cooled, filtered from a white precipitate and concentrated. The residue was dissolved in 2N HCI and extracted twice using EtOAc. The extracts were washed with water, sodium bicarbonate, brine dried over MgSO4, and then concentrated to an oil which solidifies upon standing. The oil was chromatographed (30% to 60% EtOAc/Hex) to give 3.4 g of an oil (51%).

Provenance & Evidence