A Novel Approach to Chiral, Nonracemic Pyrrolidines by 5-exo-trig Diastereoselective Radical Cyclization on Acrylamides Derived from (-)-8-Aminomenthol

…, JP Duque-Soladana, R Pedrosa

Index: Andres, Celia; Duque-Soladana, Juan P.; Pedrosa, Rafael Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1999 , vol. 64, # 12 p. 4282 - 4288

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Abstract

α, β-Unsaturated amides supported on perhydro-1, 3-benzoxazines derived from (-)-8- aminomenthol as chiral auxiliaries undergo regio-and stereoselective 5-exo-trig radical cyclization leading to diastereomeric five-membered lactams. These cyclization products are transformed into enantiopure 3, 4-disubstituted pyrrolidines by reduction with aluminum hydride followed by removal of the menthol appendage.