Beta-Alanine → HCID 13175150, compound

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Reaction Steps

To β-alanine (1.14 g) in 4N sodium hydroxide (7.8 ml) was added p-nitrobenzyl chloroformate (3 g) in dioxane (8 ml) with ice-cooling and stirred for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was neutralized with hydrochloric acid. The resulting precipitate was collected to give N-p-nitrobenzyloxycarbonyl-β-alanine, which was then converted into the corresponding acid chloride by reaction with thionyl chloride.

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