Methanol → Methyl (R)-3-[(benzyloxycarbonyl)amino]-4-hydroxybutanoate

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(R)-Benzyl 5-oxotetrahydrofuran-3-ylcarbamate (INTERMEDIATE 3, 27.0 g, 114.78 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (75 ml) and triethylamine (75 ml) was added at room temperature. The resulting mixture was allowed to stir overnight at this temperature. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo to provide the title product. This material was used to prepare INTERMEDIATE 5 without further purification.

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