Triphenylphosphine → Di-tert-butyl 1-(cyclopropylmethyl)hydrazine-1,2-dicarboxylate

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To a mixture of cyclopropylmethanol (7.15 mL, 90 mmol), di-tert-butyl hydrazine-1,2-dicarboxylate (6.30 g, 27.1 mmol) and triphenylphosphine (28.5 g, 109 mmol) in THF (100 mL) was added (E)-di-tert-butyl diazene-1,2-dicarboxylate (25 g, 109 mmol) in portions at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was concentrated and allowed to stand overnight. The white solid (PPh3O) precipitated was filtered off and the filtrate was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, EtOAc in Hexane in 5-25% gradient) to yield 27.5 g (96%) of the title compound.

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