Bromoacetic Acid → 2-(((Tert-butoxy)carbonyl)(propyl)amino)acetic acid

Ethanol (36 ml) was added to bromoacetic acid (5.00 g, 36.0 mmol), and the mixture was stirred under ice-cold water-cooling. Propylamine (14.8 ml, 180 mmol) was added to the mixture over one minute, and then the whole was stirred at an external temperature of 80° C. for 2.5 hours. A 4 N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (27 ml) was added thereto, and the whole was concentrated under reduced pressure. Then, water (27 ml) and tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) were added to the concentrate, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature. A solution of di-t-butyl carbonate (9.43 g, 43.2 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (6 ml) was added to the mixture, and after 15 minutes, citric acid monohydrate was added to the reaction mixture to acidify it weakly. The whole was extracted with ethyl acetate (150 ml), and the organic layer was washed with water (100 ml) and saturated brine (50 ml) successively. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 5.06 g (65%) of 2-[N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-N-propylamino]acetic acid as a colorless solid.

1. temperaturecooling
2. stirringthe whole was stirred at an external temperature of 80° C. for 2.5 hours
3. concentrationthe whole was concentrated under reduced pressure
4. additionThen, water (27 ml) and tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) were added to the concentrate
5. stirringthe mixture was stirred at room temperature
6. extractionThe whole was extracted with ethyl acetate (150 ml)
7. washthe organic layer was washed with water (100 ml) and saturated brine (50 ml) successively
8. dry with materialThe organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate
9. concentrationconcentrated under reduced pressure
10. customThe residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography

ORD record

ord-28a746c91c44485fa8b218bb9b0f83ac

Source dataset

uspto-grants-2009_02

DOI

10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1

Patent number

US07491739B2