1,2-Dichloroethane → (S)-2-tert-Butoxycarbonylamino-pentanedioic acid 5-benzyl ester 1-cyclopentyl ester

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To a solution of Boc-L-Glu(OBzl)-OH (15 g, 44.5 mmol) in dichloromethane (220 ml) in an ice-bath, was added cyclopentanol (4.8 ml, 53.3 mmol, 1.2 eq), EDC (9.4 g, 48.9 mmol, 1.1 eq) and DMAP (543 mg, 4.4 mmol, 0.1 eq). The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 12 hours for complete reaction. The reaction mixture was diluted with DCM (200 ml) and washed with 1M HCl, 1M Na2CO3 and brine. The organic layer was then dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated under reduced pressure. The product was purified by column chromatography using ethyl acetate/heptane (1:4) to give 12.4 g, 69% yield of title compound as a white solid.

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