Triethylamine → Ethyl 3-(3-ethoxy-3-oxopropanamido)-3-methylbutanoate

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Ethyl 3-amino-3-methylbutanoate hydrochloride (0.87 g, 4.79 mmol) was suspended on methylene chloride (12 mL) and triethylamine (1.4 mL, 2.1 eq.). The mixture was cooled to 0° C. and treated dropwise with ethyl 3-chloro-3-oxopropanoate (0.64 mL, 1.05 eq.). The reaction was kept at room temperature for 2 hours, diluted with methylene chloride, washed with 1 N HCl and then with 5% NaHCO3, dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated to dryness to obtain ethyl 3-[(3-ethoxy-3-oxopropanoyl)amino]-3-methylbutanoate (1.2 g, Y=97%) as a red oil.

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