194. Diastereoselecktive Alkylation of 3-Aminobutanoic Acid in the 2-Position

Article abstract of DOI:10.1002/hlca.19880710724

The enantiomerically pure 3-aminobutanoic acids (R)- and (S)-6 are readily available by preparative HPLC separation of the two diastereoisomers 5 obtained from addition of (S)-phenethylamine to methyl crotonate and subsequent hydrogenolysis (Scheme 2). (S)-methyl 3-(benzoylamino)butanoate ((S)-3) is also available by enzymatic kinetic resolution with pig-liver esterase.The N-benzoyl- and N-benzyloxycarbonyl derivatives rac-3, 8,and 9 of 3-aminobutanoates are doubly deprotonated with LDA and alkylated or aminated in high selectivity (17 examples, relative topicity like; see Tables 1 and 2).The configuration of three of the products is assigned (Schemes 4-6), and in four cases, the free α-substituted β-amino acid is prepared by acidic hydrolysis (see Table 3).It is shown that the doubly lithiated β-amino-acid derivative is solubilized, and its reactivity may be strongly influenced by the presence of 3 equiv. of LiCl.