Acetic Acid → N-(t-Butoxycarbonyl)-alpha-(4-hydroxy-2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-4-pyranyl)glycine, benzyl ester

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A solution of diisopropylamine (17.5 ml, 0.127 moles) in 300 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran at -45° C. under argon was treated with 70 ml (0.117 moles) of 1.71 M n-butyllithium (in hexane). After 20 minutes at -45° C., the mixture was cooled to -72° C. and treated with 13.3 g (0.05 moles) of dried N-(t-butoxycarbonyl)glycine, benzyl ester in 60 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran. After 50 minutes, the dark yellow homogeneous solution was treated with 5 ml (5.43 g, 0.0543 moles) of tetrahydro-4-pyranone in 50 ml of tetrahydrofuran and the temperature allowed to rise to 0° C. over 1.5 hours. A solution of 7.2 g (0.12 moles) of glacial acetic acid in 20 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added to the purple solution, and the resulting light yellow turbid mixture was poured into 1 L of water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 2% potassium bisulfate, 5% sodium bicarbonate and brine, dried (sodium sulfate) and evaporated to an oil. Chromatography on 800 ml of LPS-1 in hexane:ethyl acetate (1:1) and combination of the product fractions (Rf=0.32 in the same solvent) gave an oil which solidified on trituration with hexane yielding a total of 10.34 g of product as a white solid, melting point 90°-93° C.

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