Chiral 1, 3-perhydrobenzoxazines 1, 2, and 9-14, prepared by condensation of 8- (benzylamino) menthol with different aldehydes, react with alkylmagnesium bromides and trimethylaluminum leading to the open amino alcohols 3a-d, 4a-d, and 15-20 in excellent chemical yields and good to excellent diastereomeric excess. The sequential elimination of the menthol appendage by heating with P2O5 and the benzyl group by hydrogenolysis ...
[Hou, Guohua; Gosselin, Francis; Li, Wei; McWilliams, J. Christopher; Sun, Yongkui; Weisel, Mark; O'Shea, Paul D.; Chen, Cheng-Yi; Davies, Ian W.; Zhang, Xumu Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2009 , vol. 131, # 29 p. 9882 - 9883]