Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 57539219, compound

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Methyl 2-dibenzylamino-3-difluoromethoxy-propionate (1.2 g, 3.43 mmol) was stirred with 1N LiOH (10.3 mL, 10.3 mmol) in THF (40 mL) at 50° C. for 2 hours and then stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and acidified with 1N HCl. The organic layer was dried with sodium sulfate and concentrated with silica gel. The product was purified by column chromatography, eluting with 10-50% ethyl acetate in hexanes, to give 2-(dibenzylamino)-3-(difluoromethoxy)propanoic acid (730 mg, 63.5%) as a white solid. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): (ppm) 7.26-7.42 (m, 10H), 6.29 (bt, 1H), 4.45 (dd, 1H), 4.28 (dd, 1H), 3.94 (q, 4H) and 3.85 (m, 1H).

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