Bromoacetonitrile → (S)-cyanomethyl 5-((((2-azidobenzyl)oxy)carbonyl)amino)-2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)pentanoate

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N,N-Diisopropylethylamine (205 μL, 1.176 mmol) and subsequently bromoacetonitrile (373 μL, 5.34 mmol) were added to a solution of (S)-5-((((2-azidobenzyl)oxy)carbonyl)amino)-2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)pentanoic acid (Compound tk61) (435.5 mg, 1.069 mmol) in acetonitrile (1 mL) at room temperature under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction mixture was stirred at the same temperature for 3.5 hours and then concentrated under reduced pressure, and the resulting crude product was purified by normal-phase silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate) to afford (S)-cyanomethyl 5-((((2-azidobenzyl)oxy)carbonyl)amino)-2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)pentanoate (Compound tk62) (477.2 mg, quant.).

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