Water → N-[3-(4'-azidomethyl-2-fluoro-biphenyl-4-yl)-2-oxo-oxazolidin-5-ylmethyl]-acetamide

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A solution of 52 (9.27 g, 21.26 mmol) in anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF, 50 mL) was treated with sodium azide (NaN3, 5.53 g, 85.04 mmol, 4.0 equiv) at 25° C., and the resulting reaction mixture was warmed to 70–80° C. for 4 h. When TLC and HPLC showed the reaction was complete, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature before being treated with H2O (150 mL). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 min before being cooled to 0–5° C. for 1 h. The solid precipitates were collected by filtration, washed with H2O (2×100 mL) and 20% EtOAc/hexane (2×50 mL), and dried in vacuo. The crude desired N-[3-(4′-azidomethyl-2-fluoro-biphenyl-4-yl)-2-oxo-oxazolidin-5-ylmethyl]-acetamide 53 (7.16 g, 88% yield) was obtained as off-white solids. The material was found to be essentially pure by TLC and HPLC and was directly used in the subsequent reaction without further purification. LCMS (ESI) m/e 384 (M+H)+.

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