3(S)-(Benzofuran-6-yl)-3-[benzyl-(1(R)-phenyl-ethyl)-amino]-propionic acid ethyl ester → 3(S)-Amino-3-(2,3-dihydro-benzofuran-6-yl)-propionic acid ethyl ester

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A mixture of the dibenzylamine 3-5 (1.19 g, 2.78 mmol) in EtOH/H2O/AcOH (26 mL/3 mL/1.0 mL) was degassed with argon and treated with Pd(OH)2 (1.19 g). The mixture was placed under 1 atm of H2. After stirring for 18 h, the mixture was diluted with EtOAc, and filtered through celite. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue purified by flash chromatography (10% ethyl acetate/dichloromethane) to give the ester 3-6 as a white solid.

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