I successfully prepared the desired N-benzylamide of ketopinic acid from (1S)-(+)-10-camphorsulfonic acid in four reaction steps. I tried two procedures for the synthesis of ketopinic acid. The first one with PCl5 gave poor yield and low purity of the resulting compound, so I decided on another procedure with SOCl2, which gave better results. N-benzylamide was not prepared for the first time as part of my experimental work, the compound is known from the literature, but it was fully characterized for the first time.
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