Water → 1-Tert-butyl 4-ethyl 6-methyl-5-oxoazepane-1,4-dicarboxylate

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To 2 g (7.01 mmol) 5-oxo-azepane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid 1-tert-butyl ester 4-ethyl ester (route 1 step a) in 25 mL anhydrous THF at −78° C. was added 9.7 mL (17.46 mmol) of a 1.8 M solution of lithium diisopropylamide in heptane/THF dropwise under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 30 minutes and then warmed up to 0° C. 0.48 mL (7.70 mmol) iodomethane was added at 0° C. and the reaction was left to warm up to room temperature over a period of 2 hours. 100 mL of H2O was added and the mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×100 mL), the organic layers were combined, washed with H2O (2×100 mL) and saturated brine (100 mL) and dried over MgSO4. After filtration and evaporation of the solvent the product was purified by column chromatography (silica, hexane/EtOAc 9:1).

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