Citric Acid → HCID 59608394, compound

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To a stirred mixture of D-diphenylalanine, H-D-Dpa-OH, (20.0 g, 82.9 mmol) and potassium carbonate (17.2 g, 125 mmol) in dioxane/water (1:1 (v/v), 100 ml) was added tert-butyl bromoacetate (12.2 ml, 83.0 mmol). After stirring overnight water (100 ml) was added and the pH adjusted to 5.5 with 0.5M citric acid solution. The resultant precipitate was filtered off, washed with water then diethyl ether and dried under vacuum to give 10.4 g of the title compound a.

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