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column chromatography (80: 1 chloroform : methanol). 26.4 mmol (77%
yield) of the product was obtained; MS: (m/z) ¼ 502 (M þ Kþ); (m/z) ¼
486 (M þ Naþ); TLC (silica) Rf ¼ 0.18 (200 : 1, chloroform : methanol); IR
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(CHCl3): 3431, 3020, 1718, 1509 cmꢁ1; H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 1.2t
(3H, CH3), 1.3 (2H, ꢁ-CH2), 1.5–1.8m (4H, ꢂ, d-CH2), 2.4s (3H, CH3–Ar),
3.9t (2H, e-CH2), 4.1q (2H, CH2–O), 4.2m (1H, ꢀ-CH), 5.1s (2H, CH2–Ar),
5.2d (1H, NH), 7.3m (5H, Ar), 7.7m (5H, Ar) ppm. 13C NMR (CDCl3) d
14.1 (CH3), 21.1 (ꢁ-CH2), 21.6 (Ar–CH3), 28.3 (d-CH2), 32.0( ꢂ-CH2), 53.5
(ꢀ-CH), 61.5 (CH2–O), 67.0(CH 2–Ar), 69.9 (e-CH2), 128.7 (Ar), 128.2 (Ar),
129.8 (Ar), 133 (Ar), 136.2 (Ar), 144.7 (Ar), 155.8 (NCO), 172.1 (CO) ppm.
Ethyl 2(S)-2-(Benzyloxycarbonylamino)-6-cyanohexanoate (9)
26.5 mmol of (8) was dissolved in 10mL of ethanol. A solution of
KCN (78.5 mmol) in 10mL of water was slowly added. The mixture was
kept at 90ꢀC for two hours, the ethanol was evaporated, and the resulting
solution was acidified with aqueous HCl. The mixture was extracted with
diethyl ether (3 Â 20mL) and the combined organic extracts were washed
with water, brine, and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. After evapora-
tion and purification by silica gel chromatography (chloroform : methanol
gradient 100 : 1 to 1 : 1), 7.4 mmol (28%) of the ester product (9) was isolated
along with 16 mmol (60%) of the free acid, which could be subsequently
reesterified with ethanol to afford a second crop of (9) (total yield: 88%);
MS: (m/z) ¼ 318 (M þ Kþ); (m/z) ¼ 357 (M þ Naþ); TLC (silica) Rf ¼ 0.21
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(100 : 1, chloroform : methanol); H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) d 1.3t (3H,
CH3), 1.4–2.0m (6H, ꢁ, ꢂ, d-CH2), 2.3t (2H, e-CH2), 4.2q (2H, CH2–O),
4.3m (1H, ꢀ-CH), 5.1s (2H, CH2–Ar), 5.35d (1H, NH), 7.3m (5H, Ar)
ppm. 13C NMR (CDCl3) d 14.1 (CH3), 17.0( e-CH2), 24.2 (ꢁ-CH2), 24.8
(ꢂ-CH2), 32 (d-CH2), 53.4 (ꢀ-CH), 61.7 (CH2–O), 67.0(CH –Ar), 119.3
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(CN), 128.1 (Ar), 128.2 (Ar), 128.5 (Ar), 136.1 (Ar), 155.8 (NCO), 172.6
(CO) ppm.
Ethyl 2(S)-2-(Benzyloxycarbonylamino)-
7-diamino-7-iminoheptanoate (10)
Compound(9)(1.4 mmol)wasdissolvedin10mLdrymethylenechloride
under nitrogen. Anhydrous ethanol (1.5 mL) was added and dry HCl gas was
bubbled through the solution until it was saturated. The reaction was stirred
at room temperature overnight. The following morning, more dry HCl gas
was bubbled through the reaction mixture and the solution was allowed to stir