Water → N-(2-nitrophenyl)-(2-cyanophenyl)alanine dihexylamide

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The crude (2-cyanophenyl)alanine dihexylamide (0.76 g), 2-fluoronitrobenzene (0.30 g) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (0.36 g) in 8 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide were refluxed under heating for 2.5 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was water and a saturated sodium chloride solution, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After removal of the drying agent by filtration, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure, and the residue was purified by chromatography (silica gel; Wakogel C200 (manufactured by Wako Pure Chemicals), developing solvent; hexane-ethyl acetate=5:1) to give 0.42 g of N-(2-nitrophenyl)-(2-cyanophenyl)alanine dihexylamide.

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