Water → HCID 68620118, compound

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Reaction Steps

(4-Bromo-phenyl)-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-acetic acid (780 mg, 2.4 mmol) was dissolved in N,N-dimethylformamide (15 mL) and to this was added potassium hydrogen carbonate (260 mg, 2.6 mmol) followed by benzyl bromide (281 μL, 2.4 mmol) and stirring continued at ambient temperature for 6 hours. The reaction was poured into water (50 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×60 mL). The organic extracts were washed with water (2×20 mL), brine, dried over sodium sulfate and filtered through a layer of silica gel. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and the residue crystallized from 100% hexane to give (4-bromo-phenyl)-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-acetic acid benzyl ester (500 mg, 50%).

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