The diastereoselectivity of radical addition to methyleneoxazolidinones depends on the nature of the addend radical and of the N-protecting group; the reaction provides a convenient enantioselective route to a-amino acids. ... With the aim of developing highly diastereoselective routes to important synthetic targets, considerable effort has recently been directed towards delineating the factors that control the diastereoselectivity of organic free radical reactions. 1 One such study of ...
