Dimethylformamide → N-(t-butyloxycarbonyl)-4-phenacyloxy-L-phenylalanine cyclohexylamide

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N-(t-butyloxycarbonyl)-4-benzyloxy-L-phenylalanine 4-acetylanilide (1.2 g), palladium black (0.15 g) and cyclohexene (8 ml) were added into ethanol (40 ml) and the reaction was carried out under reflux of ethanol for 1 hour. After cooling, the mixture was filtered and a filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure to obtain N-(t-butyloxycarbonyl)-4-hydroxy-L-phenylalanine 4-acetylanilide (I) (0.99 g). The above compound (I) (0.99 g) was dissolved in dimethylformamide (30 ml), added with oily sodium hydride (0.1 g) and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. A solution of 3-cyanobenzylbromide (0.4 g) in dimethylformamide (5 ml) was added and allowed to react at room temperature for 6 hours, and the reaction mixture was poured into ice-water (100 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate. A conventional post-treatment was carried out to obtain N-(t-butyloxycarbonyl)-4-(3-cyanobenzyloxy)-L-phenylalanine 4-acetylanilide (II) (1.25 g). The above compound (II) (1.25 g) was allowed to react with 4N-hydrogen chloride/dioxane (12 ml) to obtain 4-(3-cyanobenzyloxy)-L-phenylalanine 4-acetylanilide (III).

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