The synthesis of dolaisoleuine as its tert-butyl ester (Dil-OBut), a 0-methoxy-y-amino acid component of dolastatin 10, has been achieved employing as key step an aldol condensation between N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-N-methyl-(S, S)-isoleucinal and tert-butyl acetate followed by 0-methylation. The overall six-step reaction sequence to Dil proved to be convenient for routine preparation of this new amino acid and its stereochemical ...
[Aurelio, Luigi; Brownlee, Robert T. C.; Dang, Jason; Hughes, Andrew B.; Polya, Gideon M. Australian Journal of Chemistry, 2006 , vol. 59, # 6 p. 407 - 414]