Potassium Iodide → Methyl 2-(3-tert-Butoxycarbonylaminopropoxy)-4-tert-butylbenzoate

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Methyl 4-tert-butyl-2-hydroxybenzoate (2.41 g, 11.6 mmol) was dissolved in DMF (15 mL) and K2 CO3 (2.39 g, 17.4 mmol) and N-Boc-3-bromopropylamine (4.14 g, 17.4 mmol) was added using DMF (10 mL) to aid the transfer. Potassium iodide (0.30 g) was added, and the reaction stirred at room temperature under nitrogen for 18 hr. The DMF was removed in vacuo and the residue taken up in ethyl acetate and washed with water and brine, dried, and the solvent removed in vacuo to give a viscous brown oil. Purification by chromaotgraphy over silica on a preparative scale apparatus, eluting with a gradient of hexane to hexane:ethyl acetate (70:30) gave 1.91 g (45.2%) of a viscous yellow oil.

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