Novel and Efficient Synthesis of tert‐Butyl‐2‐(4‐(2‐aminoethyl)phenylthio)‐2‐methylpropanoate, a Key Intermediate in the Synthesis of Ureido Thioisobutyric Acid.

Abstract A convenient and cost-effective synthesis of pharmacologically important tert-butyl-2-(4-2-aminoethyl)phenylthio)-2-methylpropanoate from commercially available 2-2-phenyl-1-ethanol is described.