Chiral building blocks for the synthesis of nitrogen??containing natural products, 5. The enantioselective synthesis of optically active, benzene nucleus??substituted 1?? …
Abstract An efficient two-step procedure for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure, benzene nucleus-substituted 1-phenylethylamines 1 is described, with predictable absolute configuration at the stereogenic center: Imine formation from the substituted acetophenones 6 with (S)-or (R)-1-phenylethylamine [(S)-7 or (R)-7] and subsequent hydrogenation of the resulting Schiff bases 8 over Raney nickel leads to the secondary amines 9 and 10 in high ...