Methyl iodide → Boc-L-phenylalanine methyl ester

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To a solution containing N-[(1,1-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl]-L-phenylalanine (10 g, 37.7 mmole) in dimethylformamide (40 ml) is added solid sodium bicarbonate (4.75 g, 56.6 mmole) and iodomethane (16 g, 113 mmole). The mixture is heated at 40° under argon for 12 hours, the cooled and the reaction mixture partitioned between water (150 ml) and ether (250 ml). The organic layer is rinsed with 2% aqueous sodium bicarbonate (2×100 ml), 2% aqueous sodium bisulfite (100 ml), water (2 ×100 ml), and brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, and concentrated in vacuo to give 10.5 g of N-[(1,1-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl]-L-phenylalanine, methyl ester as an oil.

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