methyl 1-benzylazetidine-3-carboxylate

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a solution of methyl azetidine-3-carboxylate (5.0 g, 33.1 mmol) and DIEA (10.7 g, 82.8 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added dropwise bromomethyl benzene (5.7 g, 33.1 mmol) at 0° C. over 10 min. After stirring for 2 hr at rt, the mixture was poured to water (50 mL) and extracted with EA (50 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated and purified by chromatography column on silica (EA/PE=1/4) to give the product (3.5 g, 51.6%) as a light yellow oil. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.34-7.20 (m, 5H), 3.62 (s, 3H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.41-3.35 (m, 1H), 3.29-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.19-3.22 (m, 2H). MS (ESI, m/e) [M+1]+ 206.0. extracted with EA (50 mL×3) The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 concentrated purified by chromatography column on silica (EA/PE=1/4)

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a solution of methyl azetidine-3-carboxylate (5.0 g, 33.1 mmol) and DIEA (10.7 g, 82.8 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added dropwise bromomethyl benzene (5.7 g, 33.1 mmol) at 0° C. over 10 min. After stirring for 2 hr at rt, the mixture was poured to water (50 mL) and extracted with EA (50 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated and purified by chromatography column on silica (EA/PE=1/4) to give the product (3.5 g, 51.6%) as a light yellow oil. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.34-7.20 (m, 5H), 3.62 (s, 3H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.41-3.35 (m, 1H), 3.29-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.19-3.22 (m, 2H). MS (ESI, m/e) [M+1]+ 206.0. extracted with EA (50 mL×3) The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 concentrated purified by chromatography column on silica (EA/PE=1/4)

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: 1.5 g of 1A was mixed with 25 ml of distilled water and a few boiling chips and boiled under a nitrogen blanket. After 40 minutes reflux, the initial oily two phase system became homogenous. The water was stripped on a rotary evaporator and the product readily crystallized. After drying in a vacuum oven at 60°, N-benzylazetidine-3-carboxylic acid (1), m.p.: 152°-154°, was obtained. After 40 minutes reflux The water was stripped on a rotary evaporator the product readily crystallized After drying in a vacuum oven at 60°

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: The N-benzylazetidine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester product is then hydrolyzed by treatment with hot, preferably boiling, water. The completion of hydrolysis is usually marked by the transformation of the initial oily, two-phase system into a homogeneous system, and normally requires about one hour. The water may be removed from the final mixture by evaporation, and the desired product, N-benzylazetidine-3-carboxylic acid, is readily isolated as a solid. Alternatively, if it is desired to proceed with the ultimate preparation of the deprotected azetidine-3-carboxylic acid, the major part of the water may be removed (e.g., by evaporation), and the crude, wet N-benzyl acid subjected to a conventional deprotection treatment, e.g., palladium catalyzed hydrogenolysis. The completion of hydrolysis into a homogeneous system, and normally requires about one hour The water may be removed from the final mixture by evaporation

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: The N-benzylazetidine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester product is then hydrolyzed by treatment with hot, preferably boiling, water. The completion of hydrolysis is usually marked by the transformation of the initial oily, two-phase system into a homogeneous system, and normally requires about one hour. The water may be removed from the final mixture by evaporation, and the desired product, N-benzylazetidine-3-carboxylic acid, is readily isolated as a solid. Alternatively, if it is desired to proceed with the ultimate preparation of the deprotected azetidine-3-carboxylic acid, the major part of the water may be removed (e.g., by evaporation), and the crude, wet N-benzyl acid subjected to a conventional deprotection treatment, e.g., palladium catalyzed hydrogenolysis. The completion of hydrolysis into a homogeneous system, and normally requires about one hour The water may be removed from the final mixture by evaporation

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: To a solution of methyl azetidine-3-carboxylate (5.0 g, 33.1 mmol) and DIEA (10.7 g, 82.8 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added dropwise bromomethyl benzene (5.7 g, 33.1 mmol) at 0° C. over 10 min. After stirring for 2 hr at rt, the mixture was poured to water (50 mL) and extracted with EA (50 mL×3). The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated and purified by chromatography column on silica (EA/PE=1/4) to give the product (3.5 g, 51.6%) as a light yellow oil. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 7.34-7.20 (m, 5H), 3.62 (s, 3H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 3.41-3.35 (m, 1H), 3.29-3.31 (m, 2H), 3.19-3.22 (m, 2H). MS (ESI, m/e) [M+1]+ 206.0. extracted with EA (50 mL×3) The combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4 concentrated purified by chromatography column on silica (EA/PE=1/4)