Methanol → N2-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-N,N2,O-trimethyl-3-oxoserinamide

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A 40% methylamine-methanol solution (67 mL) was added to a methanol (2.1 L) solution of diethyl [(t-butoxycarbonyl)(methyl)amino]propanedioate (Intermediate 3-1, 0.21 kg), and the mixture was stirred for 19 hours at room temperature. Further, a 40% methylamine-methanol solution (23 mL) was added, and the mixture was stirred for 4 days at the same temperature. Then, ethyl acetate (0.30 L) was added, and citric acid monohydrate (81 g) was slowly added under ice cooling, followed by stirring the mixture for 30 minutes under ice cooling. The precipitated solid was filtered, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by OH type silica gel column chromatography (gradient elution with hexane/ethyl acetate=75/25→15/85) to obtain N2-(t-butoxycarbonyl)-N,N2,O-trimethyl-3-oxoserinamide (Intermediate 4-2, yellow oil) (63 g, 34%).

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