Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl (2S)-2-amino-3-(3,5-difluorophenyl)propanoate

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(2S)-2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-3-(3,5-difluorophenyl)propanoic acid methyl ester (II, EXAMPLE 1, 0.60 g (0.002 moles, 1 equivalent), methanol (20 mL) and hydrochloric acid (3N, 20 mL) are mixed. The mixture is then heated to 50° and stirred until complete as measured by HPLC. When the reaction is complete, the contents are cooled to 20-25° and the pH of the mixture is adjusted to 8 with saturated sodium bicarbonate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. This mixture is extracted with ethyl acetate (2×20 mL) and the combined organic phases are dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated, HPLC (Retention time=2.89 min; Zorbax RX-C8 acetonitrile/0.05M potassium dihydrogen phosphate, 60/40; 1.0 mL/min, λ=210 nm.

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