Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 68041885, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of tert-butyl (4-oxocyclohexyl)carbamate (3.04 g) and THF (100 mL), ethyllithium (0.5 M benzene-cyclohexane solution) (56.8 mL) was added at −78° C. and stirred over 4 hours until it reached −50° C. After addition of water (150 mL), the reaction liquid was heated to room temperature and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride and then dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent was distilled off. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent; chloroform:methanol=30:1) and further purified (eluent; n-hexane:ethyl acetate=2:1 to 1:1) to give tert-butyl (4-ethyl-4-hydroxycyclohexyl)carbamate (Preparation Example 246) (0.202 g), which was a low-polarity product, as a white solid and tert-butyl (4-ethyl-4-hydroxycyclohexyl)carbamate (Preparation Example 248), which was a high-polarity product, as a colorless syrup.

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