Hydrochloric Acid → (R)-2-(1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-2-ylamino)-2-oxoacetic acid

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Triethylamine (0.703 mL; 5.01 mmol) was added to the mixture of (R)-2-amino-3-phenylpropan-1-ol (0.515 g; 3.34 mmol) and ethyl 2-chloro-2-oxoacetate (0.400 mL; 3.50 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 mL) at 0° C. After addition, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes, diluted with 40 mL of dichloromethane and washed successively with an aqueous solution of sodium carbonate and water. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. Water (5 mL) and a 2M solution of sodium hydroxide (5 mL; 10 mmol) were added to the resulting residue and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 minutes. Water (10 mL) was added and the pH of the solution was adjusted to 1 by addition of a 6N hydrochloric acid. The formed precipitate was filtered off, and the filtrate was extracted with ethyl acetate (5×20 mL). The combined organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to dryness to give 0.671 g (91%) of (R)-2-(1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-2-ylamino)-2-oxoacetic acid as a white solid.

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