4-Methylmorpholine → Tert-butyl (5,5,5-trifluoro-1-hydroxypentan-2-yl)carbamate

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To a stirred solution of 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-5,5,5-trifluoropentanoic acid (500 mg, 1.843 mmol) in THF (15 ml) cooled to −10° C. under a nitrogen atmosphere was added N-methylmorpholine (0.223 ml, 2.028 mmol) followed by isobutyl chloroformate (0.266 ml, 2.028 mmol) dropwise and stirred for 30 min. The reaction mixture was filtered. The filtrate was added to sodium borohydride (147 mg, 3.87 mmol) in water (10 mL) and stirred for 5 min. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (10 mL). The organic layer was separated and washed with brine (2×10 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated under reduced pressure to afford tert-butyl (5,5,5-trifluoro-1-hydroxypentan-2-yl)carbamate (400 mg, 1.55 mmol, 84% yield) as a white solid which was taken to the next step without any purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.73-3.59 (m, 3H), 2.24-2.16 (m, 2H), 1.87-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.44 (s, 9H).

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