Diisopropylamine → (R)-6-fluoro-3,3-dimethyltetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-c]oxazol-5(3H)-one

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To a mixture consisting of diisopropylamine (6.5 mL, 46 mmol) and THF (75 mL) at −78° C. was added dropwise a solution of nBuLi (2.5 M in hexanes, 18 mL, 44 mmol), and the resulting solution stirred for one hour. A solution consisting of (R)-3,3-dimethyltetrahydropyrrolo[1,2-c]oxazol-5(3H)-one (intermediate 4, 3.6 g, 23 mmol) in THF (25 mL) was added dropwise, and the resulting solution stirred for one hour. A solution consisting of N-fluorobenzenesulfonimide (9.5 g, 30 mmol) in THF (50 mL) was added dropwise, and the resulting solution was allowed to stir for 75 minutes below −55° C., and was subsequently quenched with the addition of a saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and warmed to room temperature. The organic material was extracted twice with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phase was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated to a gold oil, which was purified by silica gel chromatography. Elution with ethyl acetate:heptanes (1:3 v/v) afforded an approximately 1:1 mixture of the diastereomers of the title intermediate (1.54 g) as a clear oil; TLC Rf 0.40 (solvent system 50:50 v/v heptanes:ethyl acetate); 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 5.4-5.2 (m, 1H), 5.2-5.0 (m, 1H), 4.5-4.4 (m, 1H), 4.2-4.1 (m, 2H), 4.0-3.9 (m, 1H), 3.5 (t, 1H), 3.4 (t, 1H), 2.8-2.7 (m, 1H), 2.5-2.3 (m, 1H), 2.1-1.8 (m, 2H), 1.7 (s, 3H), 1.7 (s, 3H), 1.5 (s, 3H) 1.5 (s, 3H); 19F-NMR (CDCl3, 376 MHz) δ−102.2 (dd, ˜0.5F, J=264.2, 13.2 Hz), ˜103.5 (ddd, ˜0.5F, J=264.3, 26.5, 14.6 Hz); MS (ESI+) m/z 174.1 (M+1).

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