Nitric Acid → L-Alanyl-L-Glutamine

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Reaction Steps

In a round bottom flask, add in 10 mmol of tert-butylcarbonylalanine (Boc-Ala), 15 mmol of triphenyl phosphine and 20 mmol of hexachloroethane, and then add in 20 ml of 1,2-dichloroethane. After reacting at 10° C. for 20 min, drop it into a liquid mixture containing 30 mmol glutamine, 20 ml of water and 20 ml of cyclohexane. While reacting, regulate pH to 11 with potassium hydroxide, the reaction temperature is 20° C., the reaction time after dropping is 30 min. And then acidify it to regulate pH=1.5 with dilute nitric acid. The aqueous phase, after concentrated, reacts with trifluoroacetic acid at room temperature for 15 hours. As the reaction is finished, add in 50 ml of ether, solids deposit, the product L-Ala-L-Gln with a yield of 40% is obtained by recrystallizing the solids with tetrahydrofuran-water.

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