L-Alanine ethyl ester → N-[(2-phenyl)-2-fluoroacetyl]alanine Ethyl Ester

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Following General Procedure F′ above, and using a-fluorophenyl acetic acid (Aldrich) and alanine ethyl ester (Aldrich), the title compound was prepared. The reaction was monitored by tlc on silica gel (Rf=0.75 in 1:1 EtOAc:hexane) and purification was by chromatography on silica gel using 1:2 ethyl acetate/hexanes as the eluent.

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