Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 13502055, compound

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To a mixture of 2.65 g (10 mmole) of Boc-Phe in 50 ml of cold (ca. -78°), dry tetrahydrofuran was added 12 ml (ca. 22 mmole) of 1.9M t-butyllithium. After thirty minutes, the mixture was allowed to warm to -20° and then to react with 4.2 g (22 mmole) of triethyloxonium fluoborate. After thirty minutes, the mixture was allowed to warm to 0° and then poured into water and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic extract was washed sequentially with portions of 5% aqueous sodium bicarbonate and water, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness. Distillation (ca. 130°-200°) afforded an oil that was further purified by column chromatography on silica gel to give the title compound (4.7 g) as an analytically pure solid, m.p. 58°-61.5°.

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