Acetic Acid → 3-t-Butyldiphenylsilyloxy-1-[4-(4-methylpiperazine-1-carbonyl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]azetidine

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To a solution of 3-t-butyldiphenylsilyloxy-1-(4-ethoxycarbonyl-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)azetidine (1.00 g, 2.14 mmol) (obtained as described in Reference Example 2(1)) in toluene (50 ml) was added a solution of 0.67M 1-methylpiperazine-trimethylaluminium in toluene (7.40 ml) at room temperature under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The mixture was heated under reflux for 3 hours. After checking the completion of the reaction, 10% aqueous acetic acid solution (50 ml) and ethyl acetate (100 ml) were added to the reaction mixture in an ice bath, and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. After adding ethyl acetate thereto, the reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The obtained organic layer was washed successively with saturated aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using ethyl acetate:methanol (10:1) as the eluant to afford 3-t-butyldiphenylsilyloxy-1-[4-(4-methylpiperazine-1-carbonyl)-1,3-thiazol-2-yl]azetidine (941 mg, yield 85%) as a pale brown solid.

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