Enantioselective synthesis of (S)-and (R)-α-methylserines: application to the synthesis of (S)-and (R)-N-Boc-N, O-isopropylidene-α-methylserinals

A Avenoza, C Cativiela, F Corzana, JM Peregrina…

Index: Avenoza, Alberto; Cativiela, Carlos; Corzana, Francisco; Peregrina, Jesus M.; Sucunza, David; Zurbano, Maria M. Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 2001 , vol. 12, # 6 p. 949 - 957

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Abstract

This report describes the synthesis of enantiomerically pure (S)-and (R)-α-methylserines on a multigram scale, starting from the Weinreb amide of 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid and using a stereodivergent synthetic route that involves a Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation reaction. As a synthetic application of these quaternary α-amino acids, they were used as starting materials in the synthesis of the well-known valuable homochiral (S)-and (R)-N- ...