Hydrogen Bromide → (2R)-2-bromo-2-cyclohexylacetic acid

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The (R)-2-amino-2-cyclohexylacetic acid (H-Cyclohexyl-D-Gly-OH, 1 g, 6.36 mmol), which is commercially available from Bachem California Inc., Torrance, Calif. 90505, was dissolved in a mixture of HBr 48% (5.8 niL, 50.9 mmol) and H2O (20 mL). At 0° C., a solution of NaNO2 (1.4 g, 20.4 mmol) in H2O (10 mL) was added over a period of 30 min. The reaction was stirred for two hours. The reaction mixture was degassed in vacuo and extracted with EtOAc (2×2mL). The extracts were washed with water (15 mL), dried (Na2SO4), filtered and evaporated to give 1.3 g (92% yield) of the (R)-2-bromo-2-cyclohexylacetic acid as a white solid.

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