Citric Acid → HCID 10965692, compound

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Reaction Steps

Ethanol (27.5 ml) was added to (2S, 3S)-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-1,2-epoxy-4-phenylbutane (2.75 g), followed by addition of aqueous 6.8% citric acid solution (29.5 g) and agitation at 70° C. for 2 hours. After cooling to ambient temperature, ethanol was removed under reduced pressure. The product was extracted by using ethyl acetate, followed by drying over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentration under reduced pressure. Furthermore, a mixture solvent of hexane (2.5 ml) and ethyl acetate (2.5 ml) was added, to generate crystal. The crystal was filtered, and then, the crystal was rinsed twice by using a mixture solvent of hexane/ethyl acetate (1/1). The resulting crystal was dried, to afford the objective (4S, 5R)-5-hydroxymethyl-4-phenylmethyloxazolidin-2-one (1.79 g) in 80% yield.

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