Beta-Alanine → 3-[(2-Nitrophenyl)amino]propanoic acid

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A mixture of 5.0 g (36 mmol) 2-fluoronitrobenzen, 6.3 g (71 mmol) β-alanin, 20 ml triethylamine, 50 ml water and 100 ml dimethylformamide was stirred at 80° C. for 10 h. After cooling to 25° C. the reaction mixture was evaporated in vacuo. The residue was stirred with IN hydrochloric acid, and the precipitate was filtered off and washed with water to give 3.6 g (48%) N- carboxyethyl-2-nitroaniline. M.p. 145° C., 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6): 8.2-6.2 (5H, m), 3.4 (2H, q), 2.5 (2H, t).

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