Optically active nonproteinogenic amino acid derivatives have received considerable interest due to their biological activities and ability to serve as chiral building blocks in asymmetric synthesis. N-Aryl-substituted amino acid derivatives can act as a fibrinogen receptor antagonist,[1] hepatitis C virus replication inhibitor,[2] glycine antagonist [3] or an angiotensin receptor antagonist [4] as shown in Figure 1. In addition, it is known that some ...