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HRID 55558Generated: October 25, 2026

Lithium borohydride → (S)-tert-Butyl 4-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-5-hydroxypentanoate

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantLithium borohydrideHCID 4148881—
Reactant(4S)-5-(tert-butoxy)-4-{[(tert-butoxy)carbonyl]amino}-5-oxopentanoic acidHCID 6993444—
ReactantZ-Glu-OtBuHCID 6994036—
Product(S)-tert-Butyl 4-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-5-hydroxypentanoateHCID 4055117—

Reaction Steps

Cbz-Glu-OtBu 51 is converted to 52 via the methyl ester followed by LiBH4 reduction according to the procedure of Y. Hamada, M. Shibata, T. Sugiura, S. Kato and T. Shioiri, J. Org. Chem.52:1242, 1987 used for the conversion of t-Boc-Glu-OtBu to the corresponding alcohol.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS05625075
Source datasetuspto-grants-1997_04
ORD IDord-be541d90fafe46f8b47c768145e1a350
Source noteuspto-grants-1997_04