Acetamidomalonic acid diethyl ester → Diethyl 2-acetamido-2-(diphenylmethyl)malonate

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As a production method of 3,3-diphenylalanine, U.S. Pat. No. 4,766,109 describes, as shown in the following reaction scheme, a method comprising reacting diethyl acetamidomalonate with diphenylbromomethane in ethanol in the presence of sodium ethoxide to give diethyl 2-acetamido-2-(diphenylmethyl)malonate, subjecting the compound to hydrolysis in the presence of hydrogen bromide, neutralizing the reaction mixture with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution, and purifying the compound using a column to give 3,3-diphenylalanine, but the yield thereof is not concretely described.

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