Trifluoroacetic acid → 4-[[(2-chloro-5-cyanophenyl)carbonyl]amino]-L-phenylalanine methyl ester

Participants

Reaction Steps

To a solution of 4-[(2-chloro-5-cyanophenylcarbonyl)amino]-N-[(1,1-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl]-L-phenylalanine methyl ester (1.2 mmol, 0.55 g) in dichloromethane (12 mL) was added trifluoroacetic acid (3 mL) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred for 15 hr at room temperature at which time TLC analysis of the mixture indicated the absence of starting material. The solvent was removed under vacuum and the residue was azeotrophed with toluene (2×10 mL) and dried under high vacuum to afford 0.43 g (100%) of an yellow solid. HR MS: Obs. mass, 358.0963. Calcd. mass, 358.0959 (M+H).

Provenance & Evidence