tert-Butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate → (S)-2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-5-(1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-ylamino)pentanoic acid

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(S)-5-amino-2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)pentanoic acid (50 g, 188 mmol) was dissolved in THF (800 mL) and water (100 mL). Tert-butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate (37 g, 188 mmol) was added and the reaction was stirred for 1 hour. The reaction was cooled to 0° C. and sodium cyanoborohydride (12 g, 188 mmol) was added and the reaction stirred at ambient temperature overnight. The reaction was concentrated to provide (S)-2-(benzyloxycarbonylamino)-5-(1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)piperidin-4-ylamino)pentanoic acid, which was used directly in the next step.

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