Diisopropylamine → HCID 19097398, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of diisopropylamine (3.0 mL, 22 mmol) in THF (34 mL) at 0° C. under nitrogen was added n-BuLi (8.8 mL, 22 mmol, 2.5M in hexanes). A solution of ethyl 2,3,4,8-tetra-methyl-2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-6-carboxylate (4.8 g, 20 mmol) in THF (46 mL) was added to the mixture and the reaction was stirred at 0° C. for 1 hour. Ethyl chloroformate (2.3 mL, 24 mmol) in THF (3 mL) was then added and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes. The reaction mixture was diluted with saturated sodium chloride and partitioned between water and ether. The aqueous layer was extracted with ether (2X) and the combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous MgSO4. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica eluting with ether/hexanes (15/85) to afford 3.9 g (63%) of diethyl 2,3,4,8-tetramethyl-2-azabicyclo[2.2.2]octane-6,6-dicarboxylate as a yellow oil.

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