Sodium Carbonate → 2-(1,3-Dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-3-(2-vinyl-phenyl)-propionic acid

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Dissolve 2-amino-3-(2-vinyl-phenyl)-propionic acid (3.40 g) in water (75 mL) and add sodium carbonate (1.97 g, 18.6 mmol) and N-carbethoxyphthalimide (2.81 g, 12.8 mmol). Stir for 2.5 hours, wash with methylene chloride (200 mL), acidify to pH 1 with cold concentrated hydrochloric acid and extract with ethyl acetate (3×200 mL), dry (Na2SO4), evaporate the solvent in vacuo and purify by silica gel chromatography (1:1:0.02 hexane/ethyl acetate/acetic acid) followed by recrystallization (isopropanol) to give 2-(1,3-dioxo-1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)-3-(2-vinyl-phenyl)-propionic acid as a pale yellow solid (2.47 g).

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