Ammonium Chloride → HCID 59497521, compound

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To a solution of (S)-(−)-N-benzyl-alpha-methyl-benzylamine (50 mL, 239 mmol) in THF (150 mL) at 0 C was added BuLi (2.5 M in THF) (100 mL, 250 mmol) under nitrogen atmosphere. The solution was cooled to −78 C and ethyl trans-2-hexenoate (16.6 g, 117 mmol) was added. The solution was stirred for 1 hour and Sat. NH4Cl solution was added. The solution was warmed to room temperature and was extracted with EtOAc. The combined organic layer was dried with MgSO4 and was filtered. The filtrate was concentrated and the residue was purified by CombiFlash with 5% EtOAc in Hexane as the eluent to afford the desirable product (S)-3-[Benzyl-((S)-1-phenyl-ethyl)-amino]-hexanoic acid ethyl ester (20.8 g, 50%) as a colorless oil.

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