Aminoisobutyric acid → HCID 59385217, compound

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α-Aminoisobutyric acid (6.18 g), tert-butyl acetate (200 ml) and 70% aqueous perchloric acid (9.45 g) were stirred at laboratory temperature for 7 days. The mixture was then cooled in an ice-water bath and extracted with 0.5N hydrochloric acid (4×50 ml). The combined aqueous extracts were immediately neutralised with solid sodium bicarbonate. The aqueous solution was extracted with diethyl ether (3×100 ml), the ether extracts pooled, dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate and the ether evaporated in vacuo to give tert-butyl α-methylalanine (4.98 g).

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