Triethylamine → 1-[tert-Butyl(dimethyl)silyl]-4-(prop-2-en-1-yl)azetidin-2-one

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Allylazetidinone (0.22 g) was dissolved in dry N,N-dimethylformamide (5 ml) containing t-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (0.33 g). The solution was cooled to 0° and was treated with triethylamine (0.22 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (1 ml) over a period of 15 minutes. After a further 15 minutes the solution was poured into ethylacetate/water. The organic phase was separated, washed with dil HCl, brine, dried (Na2SO4), evaporated, and chromatographed on silica gel 60 (230 mesh) eluting with ethylacetate. This gave 4-allyl-1-t-butyldimethylsilylazetidin-2-one (0.39 g).

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