Sodium Hydroxide → 8-({[(Tert-butoxy)carbonyl]amino}methyl)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid

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Part E--To a solution of methyl N-(BOC)-8-aminomethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoate (0.50 g, 0.0016 mol) in ethanol (12.5 mL) was added, dropwise, a solution of sodium hydroxide (0.50 g) in water (12.5 mL). All was stirred a reflux over 4 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated to half volume and then acidified to a pH equal to 1.0 using hydrochloric acid (1N). The residue was purified by flash chromatography using a gradient of hexane:ethyl acetate::1:1 to ethyl acetate to ethyl acetate: methanol::9:1 to give the racemic mixture of the title compound, N-(BOC)-2-aminomethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2-naphthoic acid (0.19 g, 0.00062 mol, 39%) as a white solid. mp=172-176° C.; 1H NMR (DMSO) d 7.8 (s, 1H), 7.65 (d, 1H, J=8.1 Hz), 7.15 (d, 1H, J=8.1 Hz), 7.1-7.0 (m, 1H), 3.2-3.1 (m, 2H), 3.0-2.7 (m, 4H), 1.8-1.6 (m, 4H), 1.4 (s, 9H).

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