Imidazole → Tert-butyl 2-(2-bromoethyl)morpholine-4-carboxylate

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To a 25 mL round-bottomed flask at 0° C. was added tert-butyl 2-(2-hydroxyethyl)morpholine-4-carboxylate (0.176 g, 0.762 mmol), DCM (4 mL), 1H-imidazole (0.104 g, 1.524 mmol), perbromomethane (0.379 g, 1.143 mmol), and triphenylphoshphine (0.190 g, 0.723 mmol). The mixture was stirred overnight slowly reaching room temperature. The yellow solution was further diluted with 50 mL of DCM, washed with water, brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and filtered. The crude product was then pushed through a plug of silica gel and the solvent was removed to give 213 mgs of a light yellow oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 1.40 (s, 9H), 1.94 (q, J=6.86 Hz, 1H), 2.56-2.66 (m, 1H), 2.76-2.91 (m, 1H), 3.35-3.47 (m, 4H), 3.50-3.61 (m, 1H), 3.68 (br. s., 1H), 3.74-3.86 (m, 2H).

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