The
large-sca
le preparation of the
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le">-a
lkyny
l ![](/images/gifchars/beta2.gif)
le">-amino acidester(±)-1,1-dimethy
lethy
l3-amino-5-(trimethy
lsi
ly
l)-4-pentynoate(
A) is discussed. It was discovered that addition of acata
lyticamount of
lithium bis(trimethy
lsi
ly
l)amide (LHMDS) toamixture of
tert-buty
l acetate and
N,3-bis(trimethy
lsi
ly
l)-2-propyn-1-imine (
B) initiated a se
lf-perpetuating reactionandgave high yie
lds of the
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le">-amino ester
A upon quench.Thisone-pot procedure e
liminated the need to prepare theunstab
le
lithium
tert-buty
l acetate in a separate reactor and enab
ledthereaction to be sca
led up and run at a more acceptab
leprocesstemperature (-20
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C) compared to the ana
logous two-potreaction (-45
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C). Addition of 3-(trimethy
lsi
ly
l)-2-propyna
ltoLHMDS in THF at -20
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C fo
llowed bych
lorotrimethy
lsi
laneformed the imine
B in situ.
tert-Buty
l acetate (6 equiv) wasadded fo
llowed by a substoichiometric quantity(0.15-0.20equiv) of LHMDS. After quenching with aqueousammoniumch
loride the product
A was obtained in a yie
ld averaging70%.