Helvetica chimica acta

N, O??Acetals from Pivalaldehyde and Amino Acids for the α??Alkylation with Self??Reproduction of the Center of Chirality. Enolates of 3??Benzoyl??2??(tert??butyl)??1, 3?? …

D Seebach, A Fadel

Index: Seebach, Dieter; Fadel, Antoine Helvetica Chimica Acta, 1985 ,  vol. 68, p. 1243 - 1250

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Abstract

Abstract The sodium salts of (S)-alanine,(S)-phenylalanine,(S)-valine, and (S)-methionine are condensed with pivalaldehyde to imines 5. Cyclization by treatment with benzoyl chloride in cold CH 2 Cl 2 gives mainly (4: 1 to> 99: 1) the (2S, 4S)-4-alkyl-3-benzoyl-2-(tert- butyl)-1, 3-oxazolidin-5-ones (6; cis-configuration) in high yields (85–95%). The oxazolidinones 6 and 7 are deprotonated with lithium diethylamide (LDEA) in ...