tert-butyl (1R,5S)-3-oxo-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-8-carboxylate → tert-Butyl 3-amino-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-8-carboxylate

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A stirred mixture of Boc-nortropinone (287 mg, 1.3 mmol), NH4OAc (1.96 g, 25.5 mmol), NaCNBH3 (800 mg, 12.7 mmol) and MeOH (20 mL) was heated at reflux for 2 h. The mixture was concentrated, the residue was diluted with 0.5 M aq NaOH (30 mL) and extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×50 mL). The combined organic phase was washed with brine (20 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to afford tert-butyl 3-amino-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane-8-carboxylate (291 mg, quant) as a mixture of isomers. LC-MS Method 1 tR=0.88 min, m/z=227.

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