Triethylamine → HCID 178501369, compound

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D-Phenylalanine methyl ester hydrochloride (20 g, 0.092 mol) was suspended in a solution of triethylamine (66 mL) in dichloroethane (100 mL) and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature. The organic layer was separated after washing with water and dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate. Trans-4-isopropylcyclohexane carboxylic acid (15.8 g, 0.092 mol) was added to the organic layer followed by LiOH—Al2O3 (5.5 g of LiOH adsorbed on 40.5 g aluminum oxide) and the resulting mixture heated at for 24 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered through a celite bed and washed with 1.5 N HCl, 5% sodium bicarbonate solution and brine. The organic layer was concentrated to yield 15.5 g of N-(trans-4-isopropylcyclohexylcarbonyl)-D-phenylalanine methyl ester.

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