N-Hydroxyphthalimide → Benzyl (2-((1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl)oxy)ethyl)carbamate

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Benzyl(2-hydroxyethyl)carbamate (5.857 g, 30.0 mmol) was stirred under an argon atmosphere at room temperature with dehydrated tetrahydrofuran (150 mL). Then, triphenylphosphine (7.90 g) and N-hydroxyphthalimide (Pht-OH, 4.89 g) were added. After the reaction mixture was under ice cooling, 2.2M diethyl azodicarboxylate toluene solution (13.7 mL) was added dropwise gradually, followed by stirring overnight at room temperature. After completion of the reaction, the residue resulting from distilling off the solvent under reduced pressure was subjected to silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=1/1) to afford 9.36 g of the title compound (yield 92%).

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