Dimethyl Sulfoxide → Tert-butyl 3-formylazetidine-1-carboxylate

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To 40 mL dry DCM was added 2.19 mL (30.8 mmol) DMSO. The solution was cooled to −78° C. under nitrogen and 1.95 mL (23.1 mmol) oxalyl chloride was added dropwise. A solution of 2.88 g (15.4 mmol) 3-hydroxymethyl-azetidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester in 20 mL dry DCM was added quickly via syringe followed by 10.5 mL (77 mmol) triethylamine. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and then quenched by extraction with 1 M HCl (2×50 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4, filtered and evaporated to give the product which was used in the next step without further purification.

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