Ethyl bromoacetate → Ethyl (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-1-yl)ethanoate

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In a first phase, ethyl (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-1-yl)ethanoate is obtained by slowly adding 6.68 g (40.0 mmol) of ethyl bromoacetate onto a solution of 40 g (200.0 mmol) of cyclam and 16 g (116 mmol) of potassium carbonate in 1 L of chloroform. The reaction mixture is maintained under stirring at room temperature for 48 h. After filtration on celite and evaporation of the solvent, the residue is taken up in petroleum ether. The excess cyclam is filtered off, the filtrate is concentrated and ethyl (1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradec-1-yl)ethanoate (so-called compound 5.0) is thereby obtained, as 11.21 g of a slightly yellow oil (yield=98%) which is used without any purification.

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