Benzyl Alcohol → N-(carbobenzyloxy)amino-3-methoxynaphthalene

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A solution of 3-methoxy-2-naphthoic acid (3.36 g, 16.6 mmol) and Et3N (2.59 mL, 18.6 mmol) in anh toluene (70 mL) was stirred at room temp. for 15 min., then treated with a solution of DPPA (5.12 g, 18.6 mmol) in toluene (10 mL) via pipette. The resulting mixture was heated at 80° C. for 2 h. After cooling the mixture to room temp., benzyl alcohol (2.06 mL, 20 mmol) was added via syringe. The mixture was then warmed to 80° C. overnight. The resulting mixture was cooled to room temp., quenched with a 10% citric acid solution, and extracted with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with a saturated NaCl solution, dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (14% EtOAc/86% hexane) to give 2-(N-(carbobenzyloxy)amino-3-methoxynaphthalene as a pale yellow oil (5.1 g, 100%): 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 3.89 (s, 3H), 5.17 (s, 2H), 7.27-7.44 (m, 8H), 7.72-7.75 (m, 2H), 8.20 (s, 1H), 8.76 (s, 1H).

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