1-Chloroethyl chloroformate → (3aR,8aS)-Octahydro-pyrrolo[2,3-c]azepine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester

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To a solution of (3aR,8aS)-7-Phenethyl-octahydro-pyrrolo[2,3-c]azepine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester (1.0 g, 2.64 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (20 mL) was added 1-chloroethyl carbonochloridate (0.286 mL, 2.64 mmol, 1.0 eq) at 0° C. The reaction was stirred with warming to 23° C. over 1 hr, then refluxed for 3 hr. The solvent was removed in vacuo then 20 mL methanol added and the reaction mixture heated to 50° C. for 1 hr. The reaction was concentrated and purified using chromatography (1:2 Ethyl Acetate/Heptane to 100% Ethyl Acetate followed by 12:1 CH2Cl2/Methanol) giving (3aR,8aS)-Octahydro-pyrrolo[2,3-c]azepine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester.

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