1,2-Dichloroethane → tert-butyl N-((2S)-1-oxopentan-2-yl)carbamate

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Reaction Steps

To Boc-norvalinol (7.77 g, 38 mmol), in anhydrous dimethylsulfoxide (153 mL) and toluene (153 mL) was added EDC (73.32 g, 382 mmol). After the solution was cooled to 0° C., dichloroacetic acid (15.8 mL, 191 mmol) was added dropwise. After addition was complete, the reaction was stirred for 15 min. The solution was allowed to warm to room temperature over a period of 2 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated to remove the toluene, then dissolved in ethyl acetate. The solution washed successively with 1 N sodium bisulfate, saturated sodium bicarbonate and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford crude Boc-norvalinal which was used directly in the next step. TLC Rf=0.84 (40% ethyl acetate/hexanes).

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