Triethylamine → Methyl 3-((2-(tert-butoxy)-2-oxoethyl)amino)propanoate

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Triethylamine (7 mL, 50 mmol) was added to a solution of β-alanine methyl ester hydrochloride (5.25 g, 37.5 mmol) in methylene chloride (100 mL). The solution was cooled to 0° C. and t-butyl bromoacetate (4.88 g, 25 mmol) in methylene chloride (100 mL) was then added. The reaction mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred overnight. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was taken up in ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate was washed with saturated NaHCO3, brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo; 0.80 g (14% yield).

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