Following General Procedure AR above and using 3-chloro-4-iodoaniline (Aldrich), N-BOC-3-chloro-4-iodoaniline was prepared. To a stirred slurry of 5.0 equivalents of sodium hydride in DMF was added 1.0 equivalent of N-BOC-3-chloro-4-iodoaniline and then 1.1 equivalents of iso-butyl 2-bromopropionate (from Example AD above) were slowly added. The reaction was heated to 100° C. for 10 hours, cooled, diluted with dichloromethane and washed with cold 1N HCl, water and brine. The solvents were removed at reduced pressure and the residue was chromatographed to provide N-BOC-N-(3-chloro-4-iodophenyl)alanine iso-butyl ester as a clear oil. Following General Procedure AN above, the BOC group was removed from N-BOC-N-(3-chloro-4-iodophenyl)alanine iso-butyl ester to provide the title compound. The BOC-removal reaction was monitored by tlc on silica gel (Rf=0.58 in 30% EtOAc/hexanes) and purification was by preparative plate chromatography (silica gel using 30% EtOAc/hexanes as the eluant). The compound was further purified by chromatography on an HPLC chiral column (Chiralcel OD).
