Trifluoroacetic acid → L-Phenylalanyl-L-alanine

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After 1-(1(S)-t-butoxycarbonylethyl)-3(S)-azido-4(R)-phenylazetidin-2-one (300 mg., 0.95 mmol) was stirred in trifluoroacetic acid (2 ml.) at room temperature for 15 hours, the solvent was removed by distillation under reduced pressure. The thus obtained oil (360 mg.) was hydrogenated in 25 ml. of ethanol at 50° C. for 15 hours under ambient pressure using a 10% Pd-C (300 mg.) as a catalyst to give trifluoroacetic acid salt of L-phenylalanyl-L-alanine (311 mg., yield: 94%).

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