780034-13-1Relevant articles and documents
Parallel synthesis of homochiral β-amino acids
Davies, Stephen G.,Mulvaney, Andrew W.,Russell, Angela J.,Smith, Andrew D.
, p. 1554 - 1566 (2008/02/09)
The parallel asymmetric synthesis of an array of 30 β-amino acids of high enantiomeric purity using the conjugate addition of homochiral lithium N-benzyl-N-(α-methylbenzyl)amide as the key step is accomplished. The experimental simplicity and highly practical nature of the protocol is demonstrated by the efficient parallel conversion of 15 α,β-unsaturated esters to both enantiomeric series of the corresponding β-amino acids in high overall yields and selectivities with minimal purification involved in each step of the reaction protocol.
Homochiral lithium amides for the asymmetric synthesis of β-amino acids
Davies, Stephen G.,Garrido, Narciso M.,Kruchinin, Dennis,Ichihara, Osamu,Kotchie, Luke J.,Price, Paul D.,Mortimer, Anne J. Price,Russell, Angela J.,Smith, Andrew D.
, p. 1793 - 1811 (2007/10/03)
Secondary homochiral lithium amides derived from α-methylbenzylamine undergo highly diastereoselective conjugate additions to a range of α,β-unsaturated esters. The corresponding β-amino acids are readily liberated by successive N-debenzylation and ester hydrolysis, furnishing (R)-β-amino butyric acid, (R)-β-amino pentanoic acid, (S)-β-leucine, (R)-β-amino octanoic acid, (S)-β-phenylalanine, (S)-β-tyrosine methyl ether, (S)-β-tyrosine hydrochloride and (S)-β-(2-methoxyphenyl)-β-amino propanoic acid in high yields and high ee. The application of this procedure to the synthesis of the natural products (R)-β-DOPA and (R)-β-lysine is demonstrated. The development of a simplified one-pot reaction protocol applicable to the multi-gram scale synthesis of homochiral β-amino esters is also delineated.
