Hydrochloric Acid → 5-(Tert-butoxycarbonylamino)-2-(butyryloxy)benzoic acid

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Diisopropylethylamine (3 eq) (complete dissolution) followed by butyryl chloride (2 eq) is added to a suspension of about 0.4 M of the compound (II) in dichloromethane, cooled to 0° C. and in inert atmosphere. It is stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hours. HCl 1N (cooled in an ice bath) up to acid pH is added. The organic phase is washed with water, anhydrified and evaporated. At this stage a mixture of the desired product (III) and deacylated product (probably the corresponding anhydride) is obtained as a whitish solid. The mixture is dissolved in ethyl ether (concentration of about 0.1 M), a 2N solution of HCl in ethyl ether (0.2 eq) is added and it is stirred at ambient temperature for 25 days, during which 2N hydrochloride ether is added other 2 times (0.4 eq HCl totally) up to obtaining complete conversion in the product (III). The solvent is evaporated, the resulting solid is triturated with hexane (2 times), it is filtered and it is dried, obtaining the product (III) as white solid. 88% yield, LC-MS 99% purity.

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