Water → Boc-L-phenylalanine methyl ester

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To a mixed solvent of methanol (50 ml) and water (100 ml) were added L-phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride (21.6 g), sodium carbonate (11.64 g), and a solution of di-tert-butoxydicarbonate (21.8 g) in methanol (100 ml). The resulting mixture was heated to 40° C., followed by stirring for 6 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated to remove the methanol. The concentrate was extracted by adding ethyl acetate and water. The resulting ethyl acetate layer was washed with 0.1 N hydrochloric acid, water, an aqueous sodium hydrogencarbonate solution and a saturated solution of sodium chloride. The ethyl acetate layer after washed was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The magnesium sulfate was filtered off. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to give the target N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanine methyl ester (26.4 g) in a yield of 95%.

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