Hydrochloric Acid → N-(glutaminyl-serinyl)leucine benzyl ester hydrochloride

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N-(N′-(Boc)-glutaminyl-serinyl)leucine benzyl ester (715 g, 1.33 M) (prepared as described in Step 2) was suspended in iPAC (3.5 L) at room temperature. To the slurry was added a 3.8 M solution of HCl in iPAC (3.5 L, 13.3 M) whereupon all the solids dissolved. After a short time, the product crystallised. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3.75 hours when HPLC showed complete reaction. The slurry was diluted with iPAC (4.0 L), stirred for 1 hour at room temperature and the solid collected by filtration under nitrogen. The product is very hygroscopic in the presence of excess HCl and must be collected under dry nitrogen.

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