Amide (III) was prepared by acylation of L-methionine methyl ester (I) with 3-(chloromethyl)benzoyl chloride (II). Displacement of the halogen atom of (III) with LiN3 gave azide (IV), which was reduced to amine (V) by catalytic hydrogenation in the presence of Pd/C. Reductive coupling of (V) with protected imidazole-4-carboxaldehyde (VI) provided the (imidazolylmethyl)amine (VII), and a second reductive coupling of (VII) with benzaldehyde (VIII) furnished the trisubstituted amine (IX). The regioselective imidazole alkylation of (IX) with bromide (X), followed by trityl group deprotection with trifluoroacetic acid yielded (XI). Finally, the methyl ester group of (XI) was hydrolyzed with methanolic NaOH to afford the title carboxylic acid.