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HRID 51168Generated: October 26, 2026

2-Thiophenecarboxaldehyde → 2-[N-(Thien-2-ylmethylene)amino]-4-methylpentanoic acid, tert-butyl ester

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
Reactant2-ThiophenecarboxaldehydeHCID 7364—
Reactanttert-butyl (2S)-2-amino-4-methylpentanoateHCID 7022311—
SolventTolueneHCID 1140—
Product2-[N-(Thien-2-ylmethylene)amino]-4-methylpentanoic acid, tert-butyl esterHCID 22737020—

Reaction Conditions

Temperature90 °C

Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of leucine t-butyl ester (10 g) in toluene (100 mL) is added thiophene-2-carboxaldehyde (5.0 mL) and the mixture is heated to 90° C. for 2 hours. The mixture was cooled, washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated to an oil (14.5 g).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06713502B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2004_03
ORD IDord-c3a5ba875d2842dc9062b451251de812
Source noteuspto-grants-2004_03