Asymmetric Synthesis of (1R,2S)-2-Fluorocyclopropylamine, the Key Intermediate of the New Generation of Quinolonecarboxylic Acid, DU-6859

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)92670-4

The title synthesis was achieved by featuring diastereoface selective cyclopropanation of (4R,5S)-4,5-diphenyl-3-vinyl-2-oxazolidinone, the chiral and conformationally rigid N-vinylcarbamate, with zincmonofluorocarbenoid followed by hydrogenolysis of form