Ammonia → 3-mercaptopropanoyl-L-proline-t-butyl ester

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The product from step b, 3-acetylthiopropanoyl-L-proline-t-butyl ester, 0.5 g, was mixed with 4.5 ml of 5.5N methanolic ammonia at room temperature under nitrogen for one hour. The solvent was then removed at 25° C. with a rotary evaporator. After the product was taken up in methanol and reevaporated twice more in the rotary evaporator, the clear oily residue was dissolved in ethyl ether, washed twice with 5% potassium bisulphate and once with saturated NaCl, dried over MgSO4 and filtered. Residual solvent was removed in vacuo to yield a clear oily product, migrating as a single spot on thin layer chromatography in three separate solvent systems.

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