(R)-phenylmethyl-[1-methyl-2-oxo-2-(1H-pyrrol-1-ylamino)ethyl]carbamate → (R)-2-Amino-N-1H-pyrrol-1-ylpropanamide

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The CBZ group of (R)-phenylmethyl-[1-methyl-2-oxo-2-(1H-pyrrol-1-ylamino)ethyl]carbamate (5.13 g) was cleaved in a minimal volume of methanol over 5% Pd-C (1.03 g) with H2 (g) (436 ml) under atmospheric conditions. The catalyst was removed by filtration through a pad of celite and the filter cake was washed with methanol. The combined filtrates were concentrated and the residue purified via flash column chromatography (silica gel, 30% EtOH/EtOAc), affording 2.11 g of the product as a oil which crystallized on standing, m.p. 63°-66° C.

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