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HRID 620149Generated: October 26, 2026

Lithium borohydride → N-Boc-(2S,3S)-(-)-2-Amino-3-methyl-1-pentanol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantLithium borohydrideHCID 4148881—
ReactantBoc-L-isoleucine methyl esterHCID 11791441—
ReactantChloroform methanolHCID 21584188—
Solvent1,2-DimethoxyethaneHCID 8071—
ProductN-Boc-(2S,3S)-(-)-2-Amino-3-methyl-1-pentanolHCID 1423772997%

Reaction Steps

This compound was prepared in 97% yield from the ester 4c (9.84 g, 40 mmol) by reduction with lithium borohydride in dry DME analogous to the method described earlier1,2. TLC Rf 0.47 (eluent MeOH/CHCl3, 7/93). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 0.83-1.03 (m, 6H, CHCH3, CH2CH3), 1.03-1.40 (m, 2H, CH2CH3, CH2CH3), 1.44 (s, 9H, t-Bu), 2.21-2.61 (m, 1H, CHCH3), 3.32-3.88 (m, 4H, CHCH2OH), 4.52-4.68 (m, 1H, NH), CI MS, m/e 218 (M+ +1).

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04820712
Source datasetuspto-grants-1989_04
ORD IDord-a09d34ff561641d9927054c420ae2296
Source noteuspto-grants-1989_04