Acetonitrile → (R)-3-Cyclohexyl-2-(1-oxoisoindolin-2-yl)propanoic acid

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A mixture of (R)-(+)-α-aminocyclohexanepropionic acid hydrochloride (2.69 g; 15.7 mmol) and phthalic dicarboxaldehyde (2.50 g; 14.6 mmol) in acetonitrile (60 mL) was refluxed for 42 h under nitrogen. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and further cooled to 0° C. The solid was filtered off and washed once with cold acetonitrile to give 2.65 g (63%) of (R)-3-Cyclohexyl-2-(1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-propionic acid as a white solid: EI-HRMS m/e calcd for C17H21NO3 (M+) 287.1521, found 287.1523.

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