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

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A mixture of 2-Amino-3-cyclopentyl-propionic acid (0.800 g; 5.09 mmol) and phthalic dicarboxaldehyde (0.684 g; 5.10 mmol) in acetonitrile (30 mL) was refluxed for 3 h under nitrogen. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature and the solid was filtered off and washed once with cold acetonitrile (5 mL) to give 1.16 g (83%) of 3-Cyclopentyl-2-(1-oxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-propionic acid as a white solid: EI-HRMS m/e calcd for C16H19NO3 (M+) 273.1365, found 273.1374.

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