Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 89827530, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a two-necked 50 mL round bottom flask were added (R)-methyl 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-2-phenylacetate (1.2 g, 5.68 mmol) and dry THF (30 mL). The resulting mixture was cooled to 0° C. Ethyl magnesium bromide (3.02 g, 22.72 mmol) (3M solution in diethyl ether) was added dropwise, and the mixture was slowly allowed to warm to ambient temperature. The mixture was then stirred at ambient temperature for 24 hours. After completion of reaction (monitored by TLC, TLC eluent: 30% EtOAc in hexane), the mixture was quenched in NH4Cl solution and extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated to yield 1.2 g (90.0%) of (R)-tert-butyl (2-ethyl-2-hydroxy-1-phenylbutyl)carbamate as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 7.35-7.26 (m, 5H), 5.56 (d, J=9.1 Hz, 1H), 4.61 (d, J=9.4 Hz, 1H), 1.68-1.63 (m, 2H), 1.39 (s, 9H), 1.32-1.22 (m, 2H), 0.92 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H), 0.80 (t, J=7.4 Hz, 3H).

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