4-Amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid → Methyl 4-[(2,6-dinitrophenyl)amino]-3-hydroxybutanoate

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To a solution of rac-4-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid (2.00 g, 16.8 mmol) in methanol (40 mL) was added thionyl chloride (1.72 mL, 23.6 mmol) at 0° C. The resultant mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hr and concentrated in vacuo. To a mixture of the residue, triethylamine (5.85 mL, 42.0 mmol) and tetrahydrofuran (34 mL) was added 2-chloro-1,3-dinitrobenzene (1.70 g, 8.39 mmol) at room temperature. After the resultant mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 hr, the mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a yellow solid (2.53 g, 8.45 mmol, quant).

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