Ammonia → Tert-butyl 3-(2,6-dimethyl-4-carbamoylphenyl)propanoate

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To a suspension of 4-(2-tert-butoxycarbonyl-ethyl)-3,5-dimethyl-benzoic acid (8.00 g, 28.7 mmol) in isopropanol (100 mL), HOBt (4.27 g, 31.6 mmol) followed by EDC hydrochloride (6.34 g, 33.1 mmol) is added. After stirring at rt for 1 h, 25% aq. ammonia (16.1 mL) is added. Stirring is continued for 30 min before the isopropanol is evaporated under reduced pressure. The remaining solution is diluted with isopropyl acetate (200 mL), washed three times with approximately 0.5 N aq. NaHCO3 solution (100 mL) followed by water (50 mL), dried over MgSO4, filtered, concentrated and dried to give 3-(4-carbamoyl-2,6-dimethyl-phenyl)-propionic acid tert-butyl ester (7.5 g) as an off-white solid.

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