Ethyl chloroacetate → (R)-5-Cyclohexyl-morpholin-3-one

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To a solution containing 3.8 g (26.5 mmol, 1.0 equiv) of (R)-2-amino-2-cyclohexyl-ethanol in 100 mL of THF was added sodium hydride (1.4 g, 58.4 mmol, 60% in mineral oil, 2.2 equiv). The reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 30 minutes, at which time hydrogen evolution had ceased. The mixture was cooled at 0° C. and was added ethyl chloroacetate (3.3 g, 26.5 mmol, 1.0 equiv), dropwise, over 5 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at 25° C. and then 2 hours at reflux. The solvent was removed under vacuum and to the residue was added 1.0 N HCl aq. solution until pH=6. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The resulting organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was recrystallized from EtOAc/heptane to give product 2.8 g. The mother liquid was concentrated and the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (acetone/heptane 50%) to give product 1.3 g. Combined yield 4.1 g (84%)

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