Lithium hydroxide, monohydrate → HCID 59709821, compound

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Reaction Steps

N-(tert-Butoxycarbonyl)-3-tert-butyl-D-alanyl-3-tert-butyl-L-alanine methyl ester (Example 8A, 36 g, 93.1 mmol) is dissolved in tetrahydrofuran p.a. (279 ml). At about 10° C., a solution of lithium hydroxide monohydrate (7.82 g, 186.3 mmol, 2 equivalents) in water (187 ml) is slowly added dropwise. When the HPLC chromatogram (Method 2) shows complete conversion (about 20 h), the reaction mixture is freed of the THF at 200 mbar and then extracted with methyl tert-butyl ether (200 ml). The organic phase is diluted with ethyl acetate (500 ml) and then water is added and the mixture is subsequently adjusted cautiously to pH 3-4 with 1 N aqueous hydrochloric acid. The combined organic phases are washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, evaporated in vacuo and dried under high vacuum. 97.4 g (97% of theory) of the title compound are added.

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