Triethylamine → tert-Butyl (4-hydroxybutyl)(methyl)carbamate

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To a 250 mL round bottom flask, charged with 3.00 g (28.5 mmol) of N-methyl-4-aminobutanol in 75 mL of dioxane, was added 5 mL of triethylamine (35.4 mmol) followed by 7.85 g (31.9 mmol) of BOC-ON, 2-(tert-butoxycarbonyloxyimino)-2-phenylacetonitrile. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 h and then concentrated via rotary evaporation. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel, eluting first with 20% ethyl acetate/hexane, then with 40% ethyl acetate/hexane, and finally with 75% ethyl/hexane. The fractions containing product were combined and concentrated via rotary evaporation to afford 4.85 g of the product (32) as a near colorless oil (84%): 1H-NMR (CDCl3) d 3.65 (2H, t), 3.23 (2H, t), 2.81 (3H, s), 1.67-1.45 (4H, m), and 1.42 (9H, s) ppm.

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