Acetic Acid → D-Leucine

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A mixture of 0.5 g of benzyl D-leucine hydrochloride, 20 ml of acetic acid and 20 ml of methanol was stirred with palladium under a hydrogen atmosphere until absorption ceased and the mixture was filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure and the residue was chromatographed over silica gel to obtain D-leucine.

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