Hydrochloric Acid → Z-L-Dap(boc)-OL

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Sodium borohydride (251 mg) was added to a solution of methyl (S)-2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)propionate (1.17 g) in methanol (10 mL) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred for an hour at the same temperature and then for an hour at ambient temperature. After addition of 3.6% hydrochloric acid, the mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between ethyl acetate and an aqueous saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residual crystals were suspended in hot diisopropyl ether and cooled to ambient temperature with stirring. The residual crystals were collected by filtration and washed with diisopropyl ether to give (S)-2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)propanol (945 mg) as white crystals.

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