Preparation of novel heterocyclic amino acids from N-(arylmethylene) dehydroalanine methyl esters

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)89847-1

N-(Arylmethylene)dehydroalanine methyl esters undergo a stereoregulated dimerization reaction to produce heterocyclic α,α′-diaminodicarboxylic acid derivatives. Further transformation yields stable hydrochlorides of free α,α′-diaminodicarboxyli acids whic