Hydrazine → tert-butyl N-((1S)-1-(hydrazinecarbonyl)ethyl)carbamate

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A solution of (S)-methyl 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)propanoate (1.00 g, 4.92 mmol) and hydrazine (0.23 mL, 1.5 equiv) in THF (8 mL) was heated in a sealed tube at 72° C. for 15 hours. Additional hydrazine (0.23 mL, 1.5 equiv) was added and heating was continued for another 21 hours. The reaction was then cooled to room temperature and concentrated in vacuo to give crude (S)-tert-butyl(1-hydrazinyl-1-oxopropan-2-yl)carbamate (1 g, white solid), which was used without purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 4.20 (m, 1H), 1.44 (s, 9H), 1.36 (d, J=7.1 Hz, 3H).

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