Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... The preparation of lactam 2 from R-(-)-phenylglycinol and N-Boc glycine is described. Diastereoselective alkylation of 2 allowed the preparation of piperazine derivatives in an optically pure form. ... A series of 2-substituted piperazines 8 in enantiomerically pure form has been synthetized ...