Refluxing an aldehyde 1 with benzotriazole andbenzylcarbamate in the presence of a catalytic amount ofp-TsOH gave the corresponding benzyloxycarbonylamino-1-(1-benzotriazolyl)alkane 2 in good yields. Compounds 2treated with substituted tert-butyl acetates 3 using LDA asa base afford smoothly and under mild conditions the N-2-protected 3-aminoalkanoic esters 4.
