Water → 3-Cyclopropyl-3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid

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A mixture of dioxane and water (10/1 dioxane/water, 22 mL) was added to a flask charged with hydroxyl[(S)-Binap]-rhodium(I) dimer (260 mg, 175 μmol), and 3-aminophenylboronic acid hydrate (81.1) (available from Aldrich) (3.394 g, 21902 μmol) and flushed with nitrogen and (E)-methyl pent-2-enoate (81.2) (available from Acros) (0.500 g, 4380 μmol). The resulting mixture was then stirred at 40° C. overnight. The reaction was diluted with EtOAc and washed with saturated sodium bicarbonate and brine, and then dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The crude was purified by combiflash chromatography (0 to 20% EtOAc/Hexanes) to provide (R)-methyl 3-(3-aminophenyl)pentanoate or (S)-methyl 3-(3-aminophenyl)pentanoate (8.3) (400 mg, 44.1% yield). The product is believed to be the R enantiomer.

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