Potassium Carbonate → N-(2-fluoro-4-methylphenyl)valine

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of 5.15 mmole of α-(2-fluoro-4-methylphenylamino)isovaleric acid, potassium carbonate (6.44 mmole), 4 ml of HMPT and 3 ml of THF, stirred, is added 5.13 mmole of m-phenoxybenzyl bromide. The reaction is stirred overnight at RT. The reaction is poured into 5% sodium hydroxide/ether, extracted with water (2×) and then washed with water (2×), dried over sodium sulfate and rotoevaporated under vacuum. The crude product is subjected to preparatory TLC eluting with 10% ether/hexane to give m-phenoxybenzyl ester of N-(2-fluoro-4-methylphenyl)valine.

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