N-((1,1-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl)-beta-alanine → tert-Butyl (3-oxo-3-phenylpropyl)carbamate

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To a cooled (−78° C.) solution of 3-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)propanoic acid (1.0 g, 5.3 mmol) in THF (53 mL) was added phenyllithium (9.9 mL, 16 mmol, 1.6 M solution in cyclohexane/ether). After warming slowly to 0° C. and then stirring for 1 hour, the reaction mixture was quenched with saturated NH4Cl (10 mL), diluted with water (70 mL) and extracted with ether. The combined organics were washed with brine (80 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was chromatographed (20% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to provide the product (0.69 g, 59%) as yellow oil.

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