Triethylamine → benzyl hexahydrocyclopenta[b][1,4]oxazine-4(4aH)-carboxylate

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To octahydrocyclopenta[b][1,4]oxazine hydrochloride (purchased from Enamine) (300 mg, 1.83 mmol) dissolved in dichloromethane (2.4 mL) was added benzyl chloroformate (0.44 mL, 2.57 mmol). Triethylamine (0.72 mL, 5.13 mmol) was added slowly to the reaction mixture, and the reaction was stirred for 16 hours at room temperature. The mixture was quenched with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and extracted with dichloromethane (2×). The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (0-100% ethyl acetate/hexanes, linear gradient), and then purified by chiral supercritical fluid chromatography (Chiralpak AZ-H, 21×250 mm, 10% methanol in CO2) to afford the trans stereoisomers of benzyl hexahydrocyclopenta[b][1,4]oxazine-4(4aH)-carboxylate. (4aS,7aS)-Benzyl hexahydrocyclopenta[b][1,4]oxazine-4(4aH)-carboxylate (faster eluting enantiomer): MS ESI calc'd. for C15H19NO3 [M+H]+ 262. found 262; (4aR,7aR)-Benzyl hexahydrocyclopenta[b][1,4]oxazine-4(4aH)-carboxylate (slower eluting enantiomer): MS ESI calc'd. for C15H19NO3 [M+H]+ 262. found 262.

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