4-Methylmorpholine → 3-[[4-[[4-(Aminoiminomethyl)phenyl]amino]-1,4-dioxobutyl]amino]-butanoic acid

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An aliquot of 4-[[4-(aminoiminomethyl)phenyl]-amino]-4-oxobutanoic acid prepared in Example 1, Step 1 (2 g) was added to dry DMF (65 ml) followed by N-methylmorpholine (0.75 g, 1 eq.) and isobutyl chloroformate (1 g) at 25° C. The mixture was stirred for 5 min. 3-Aminobutyric acid (1.1 g, 1.1 eq.) was added followed by triethylamine (1.5 g, 1.3 eq.) and dimethylaminopyridine. After 1 h, the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the product was purified by reverse phase chromatography (0.05% TFA water/acetonitrile) to give 750 mg of white solid: 1H NMR (d6 -DMSO) δ 1.06 (d, 3H, J=7 Hz), 2.2-2.6 (m, 6H), 4.05 (m, 1H), 7.8 (m, 4H), 7.85 (d, 1H, J=8 Hz), 9.05 (bs, 2H), 9.15 (bs, 2H), 10.4 (s, 1H); MS (FAB) m/z 321.1 (MH+), 236.

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