Acetic Acid → tert-Butyl 3-methoxyazetidine-1-carboxylate

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Subsequently, to a solution of 1-t-butoxycarbonyl-3-hydroxyazetidine (2.5 g, 14.4 mmol) in dimethylformamide (125 ml) was added sodium hydride (55% oil dispersion) in an ice bath. After stirring the mixture for 10 minutes in the ice bath, the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. To the reaction mixture was added methyl iodide (1.79 ml, 28 mmol) in an ice bath. After stirring the mixture in an ice bath for 10 minutes, the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. After checking the completion of the reaction, 10% aqueous acetic acid solution was added thereto in an ice bath and the reaction mixture was stirred in the ice bath for 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and 10% aqueous sodium chloride solution. The 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 n-hexane:ethyl acetate (2:1) as the eluant to afford 1-t-butoxycarbonyl-3-methoxyazetidine (2.18 g, yield 81%) as a colorless oil.

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