HCID 57907565, compound → 2-(2-Oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl)propanoic acid

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A 25 mL round bottom flask under an atmosphere of nitrogen was charged with 0.030 g (0.028 mmol) of 10 weight percent palladium on activated carbon and wet with 2 mL of ethanol. Next, a solution of 0.37 g (1.5 mmol) of benzyl 2-(2-oxo-1,3-oxazolidin-3-yl)propanoate from step B above in 10 mL of ethanol was added and the mixture placed under 1 atmosphere of hydrogen. The reaction was stirred for 3 h then filtered through a pad of Celite®. The pad was washed with 20 mL of ethanol and the filtrate was evaporated in vacuo to afford the title compound as a colorless solid (0.24 g, quantitative yield). 1H-NMR (500 MHz, CD3OD) δ: 4.60-4.30 (m, 3H), 3.80-3.60 (m, 2H), 1.45 (d, J=3.5, 3H). LC-MS: m/z (ES) 160 (MH)+.

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