Cesium carbonate → Methyl 2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-4-(3-chlorophenyl)-5-oxohexanoate

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A mixture of cesium carbonate (9.80 g, 30.1 mmol) and methyl N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-3-iodo-D-alaninate (9.90 g, 30.1 mmol) in DMF (75 mL) was stirred at ambient temperature for 45 min before 1-(3-chlorophenyl)propan-2-one (6.09 g, 36.1 mmol) and additional cesium carbonate (9.80 g, 30.1 mmol) were added. The resulting mixture was stirred for 2.5 h. The majority of the DMF was then removed under reduced pressure at a bath temperature of <40° C. The concentrated mixture was partitioned between water (500 mL) and ethyl acetate (2×200 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a 1:1 racemic mixture of diastereomers, which was used without further purification. MS: m/z=314.1 (M−t-Bu+1).

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