Phenethylamine → Diethylether hexane

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To a stirred suspension of N-[(2-adamantyloxy)-carbonyl)-α-methyl-β-(2-pyridyl-1-oxide)-D,L-alanine (2.43 g, 6.5 mmol) in 150 mL dry tetrahydrofuran at -20° C. was added N-methylmorpholine (0.76 g, 7.5 mmol) and isobutyl chloroformate (1.02 g, 7.5 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 20 minutes at this temperature followed by addition of 2-phenethylamine (1.21 g, 10 mmol), stirred for 3 hours at -25° C., and then warmed to room temperature. The solvent was removed in vacuo at room temperature, and theresidue was diluted with ethyl acetate and water. The solution was washed with 5% citric acid (3×) and water (2×) followed by 5% potassium hydrogen carbonate (3×), water (2×), and brine. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed invacuo to yield an oily residue which crystallized by addition of diethyl ether/n-hexane (2.76 g, 89% yield), m.p. 76°-80° C.

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