Water → HCID 3102539, compound

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5 g (44.2 mmole) of ε-caprolactam was dissolved in 19.48 g of 20 wt % NaOH and heated to reflux for 3-5 hours. After ε-caprolactam was hydrolyzed completely, the mixture was cooled down to 5˜10° C. and then 25 g of water and 10 g of 4-nitrobenzyl chloroformate were added. The mixture was stirred 1 hour at 5-10° C. and then washed with 25 g of ethyl acetate twice. The pH of the aqueous layer was adjusted to 1-2 by adding 16% HCl and extracted with ethyl acetate twice. Combined ethyl acetate layer was washed with water. The organic layer was dried by sodium sulfate and concentrated to obtain 6-(4-nitro-benzyloxycarbonylamino)-hexanoic acid. Purity was 93.9%.

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