Methyl chloroformate → (1R,4R)-4-((Methoxycarbonyl)amino)cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid

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To a stirred solution of trans-4-amino-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (commercially available) in CH2Cl2 was added Et3N (2 eq.) and methyl-chloroformate (1.05 eq.). Stirring was continued overnight at RT. The reaction was quenched by addition of H2O, the product was extracted with CH2Cl2 and the organic phase washed with aq. HCl 1M. The combined organic phases were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuo. The residue was dissolved in MeOH and a 2M KOH aq. solution was added. The reaction was stirred at RT 4 hours, aq. HCl was added until ph=6, and then the product was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic phases were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under vacuo to afford the title product as a white foam which was used in the next step without further purification.

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