Ethanol → tert-butyl 3(R)-[1-ethoxycarbonyl-3-(p-tolyl)propyl]amino-4-oxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,5-benzothiazepine-5-acetate

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A mixture of 50 ml of ethanol, 1 g of tert-butyl 3(R)-amino-4-oxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,5-benzothiazepine-5-acetate, 0.4 g of acetic acid, 3.6 g of ethyl 4-(p-methylphenyl)-2-oxobutyrate and 5 g of molecular sieve 4A is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour, and the mixture is subjected to catalytic reduction over 0.5 g of 5% palladium carbon, at ordinary temperature and at atmospheric pressure. After 7 hours, the catalyst is filtered off and the mixture is concentrated. The residue is treated with oxalic acid in a manner similar to that described in Example 1. The resulting oil is purified by silica gel column chromatography to give 0.3 g of tert-butyl 3(R)-[1-ethoxycarbonyl-3-(p-tolyl)propyl]amino-4-oxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1,5-benzothiazepine-5-acetate as colorless oil. This product is a mixture of two diastereomers (about 1:1).

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