Hydrogen Peroxide → (S)-2-methyl-5-phenylpentanoic acid

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To a stirring aqueous mixture cooled to 0° C. comprising (S)-4-benzyl-3-((S)-2-methyl-5-phenylpentanoyl)oxazolidin-2-one (21mb(i), 563 mg, 1.60 mmol) was added hydrogen peroxide and lithium hydroxide. The resulting reaction mixture was stirred for four hours. The reaction mixture was acidified with 5% KHSO4 and extracted twice with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed twice with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under vacuum. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography. Elution with ethyl acetate-heptane-acetic acid (25:75:0.4) afforded the title compound (293 mg, 95%) as a colorless oil; TLC Rf 0.35 (solvent system: 25:75:0.4 v/v/v ethyl acetate-heptane-acetic acid); HPLC retention time 12.08 min, stationary phase: Chiralpak IA 4.6×25 mm 5μ, ultraviolet detector at 210 nm, mobile phase: 1 mL/min 99:1:0.1 heptane: 2-propanol:acetic acid, 97.22% (S), 2.78% (R).

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