Benzyl chloroformate → (2R)-2-(((benzyloxy)carbonyl)amino)butanedioic acid

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D-Aspartic acid (25.0 g, 0.188 mol) and benzyl chloroformate (34.3 ml, 0.282 mol) were added to sodium hydroxide (22.9 g, 0.564 mol) in water (600 ml). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. The mixture was then acidified with 6MHCl to pH1 and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×250 ml). The extracts were combined, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to a clear oil, wt 50.2 g. 1H NMR (90 MHz, CDCl3): δ 3.05 (2,bm), 4.65 (1,bm), 5.25 (2,s), 6.2 (1,bs), 7.4 (5,s), 10 (1,bs).

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