9-Fluorenylmethyl chloroformate → (9H-Fluoren-9-yl)methyl decyl(2-oxoethyl)carbamate

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A three-necked, 500 mL round bottom flask equipped with a thermometer, mechanic stirrer and an addition funnel was purged with nitrogen and charged with N-allyldecylamine (˜0.11 mol) in dichloromethane from step a (210 mL) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (20.0 mL, 14.8 g, 0.113 mol). The mixture was cooled in a 5° C. ice bath and a solution of 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate (25.6 g, 0.099 mol) dissolved in dichloromethane (50 mL) was added dropwise (total volume approximately 330 mL). The reaction was exothermic and the internal temperature was controlled below 10° C. throughout the 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate addition. The reaction mixture was warmed to 21° C. when the addition was finished, and monitored by the disappearance of 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate and the formation of N-FMOC-N-allyldecylamine using HPLC (retention time for FMOC-chloride=3.08 min; retention time for product=7.96 min). The reaction mixture was washed with 0.01 N HCl (100 mL). The organic layer was collected and used without further purification.

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