The Synthesis and Configurational Stability of Differentially Protected β-Hydroxy-β-amino Aldehydes

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jo00388a004

Syntheses of 1,1-dimethylethyl (S)-4-formyl-2,2-dimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate (5) and 1,1-dimethylethyl (4S-trans)-4-formyl-2,2,5-trimethyl-3-oxazolidinecarboxylate (6) from commercially available serine and threonine derivatives are described.The method involves selective reduction of the corresponding oxazolidine esters 3 and 4 using diisobutylaluminum hydride at low temperature.These differentially protected β-hydroxy-α-amino aldehydes are also shown to be produced in 93-95 percent enantiomeric excess (via NMR and HPLC analysis of the Mosher esterderivatives 8 and epi-8)-thus making them useful as chiral, nonracemic synthons for asymmetric synthesis.