1,2-Dichloroethane → Benzyl N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)glycinate

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To a solution of N-Boc-Gly (3.0 g) in methylene chloride (100 ml) was added benzyl alcohol (1.6 ml), EDC (4.4 g) and a catalytic amount of DMAP. After 2 hours, the mixture was poured into 1N HCl and extracted with methylene chloride, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give N-Boc-Gly-OBn (4.5 g). To a solution of N-Boc-Gly-OBn (1.32 g) in THF (10 ml) was added potassium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide (1.19 g) in THF (20 ml) at -78° C. After 30 minutes at -78° C. allyl bromide (0.52 ml) was added to the reaction mixture slowly. The resulting mixture was slowly warmed up to room temperature and stirred for an additional 12 hours. The mixture was poured into 1N HCl and extracted with ether, the combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatotron (hexanes/ethyl acetate=10/1) to give desired product (585 mg). ##STR91##

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