Acetic Acid → (3S)-3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-4-cyclobutyl-1-(cyclopropylamino)-1-oxobutan-2-yl acetate

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To a solution of cyclopropylisonitrile (1.21 g, 18 mmol), (S)-tert-butyl 1-cyclobutyl-3-oxopropan-2-ylcarbamate (2.95 g, 13 mmol) in methylene chloride(20 mL), was added acetic acid (1.56 g, 26 mmol) at 0° C. After the addition was complete, the reaction mixture was allowed to warm to 25° C. and stirred for another 4 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with 200 mL ethyl acetate and washed with a saturated solution of sodium bicarbonate, then brine, and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure, and the crude product was crystallized from 50 mL of ethyl acetate and hexane (v/v=1/1) to give (3S)-3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-4-cyclobutyl-1-(cyclopropylamino)-1-oxobutan-2-yl acetate (3.8 g) as a white solid.

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