4-Nitrobenzoic Acid → N-(4-Nitrobenzoyl)threonine methyl ester

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Dichloromethane (80 mL) was added to threonine methyl ester hydrochloride (3.39 g, 20 mmol), 4-nitrobenzoic acid (3.34 g, 20 mmol), WSC hydrochloride (3.83 g, 20 mmol), HOBt (2.87 g, 20 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (2.58 g, 20 mmol), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for three days. The reaction solution was washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (elution solvent: ethyl acetate/hexane=1/2, 1/1, 1/2) to obtain 5.31 g of the title compound as a colorless solid (94%).

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