Trimethyl phosphonoacetate → HCID 67043500, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a stirring room temperature suspension of LiCl (0.84 g, 19.8 mmol) in dry acetonitrile (50 mL) was added trimethyl phosphonoacetate (4 mL, 24.75 mmol). The resulting mixture was stirred for 5 minutes, then TEA (2.76 mL, 19.8 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred for 10 minutes, and then a solution of (4-oxo-1-phenyl-butyl)-carbamic acid benzyl ester (16.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (15 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours, then diluted with diethyl ether and saturated aqueous NH4Cl. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to an oil, which was chromatographed (5%-40% EtOAc in hexanes) to give 4.41 g (79%) of 4-benzyloxycarbonylamino-4-phenyl-butyric acid methyl ester as a colorless oil.

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