摘要 |
N-benzyloxycarbonyl aspartic acid containing minor contaminating amounts of N-benzyloxycarbonyl aspartyl aspartic acid is purified by subjecting the impure material to alkaline hydrolysis at a pH of at least 10 and at temperatures of from 20 DEG C. to 100 DEG C., preferably 65 DEG C. to 85 DEG C., for a time sufficient to hydrolyze substantially all of the N-benzyloxycarbonyl aspartyl aspartic acid impurity therein. N-benzyloxycarbonyl aspartic acid containing less than 0.2 weight percent of the impurity can be obtained by such treatment.
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