N-((Benzyloxy)carbonyl)-2-methylalanine → 2-(Carbobenzyloxy-alpha-methylalanyl]aminomethyl-5-methyl-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrofuro-[2,3-f]quinoline-7-one

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2-Aminomethyl-5-methyl-2,3,6,7-tetrahydrofuro-[2,3-f]quinoline-7-one (3.00 g, 13.0 mmol) was dissolved in a solvent mixture of dimethylformamide (200 ml) and pyridine (100 ml). To this solution, N-carbobenzyloxy-α-methylalanine (4.64 g, 19.5 mmol) and WSC-HCl (3.48 g, 19.5 mmol) were added and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 48 hours. The reaction mixture was condensed under reduced pressure, and the residue was subjected to extraction using a solvent mixture (chloroform--methanol =4:1) combined with 1N-HCl. The organic phase was washed with saturated aqueous NaCl solution, followed by drying and condensing under reduced pressure. The resultant residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform: methanol=25:1). The crude crystals were subjected to a recrystallizing procedure from chloroform--methanol. As a result, 2.55 g of the title compound was obtained as colorless powdery crystals (43.7%).

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