m-Chloroperbenzoic acid → 4-[3-(t-Butoxycarbonylamino)propylsulfinyl]pyridine

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To a solution of 4.03 g (15.0 mmol) of 4-[3-(t-butoxycarbonylamino)propylthio]pyridine in 100 ml of methylene chloride, 3.05 g (15.0 mmol) of m-chloroperbenzoic acid was added with stirring under ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was washed two times with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off and the residue was purified by column chromatography (eluent: ethyl acetate/ethanol =10 : 1) to give 3.37 g of the desired compound (78.9% yield, colorless crystals).

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