Stereoselective 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of nitrones derived from amino acids. Asymmetric synthesis of N-(alkoxycarbonylmethyl)-3-hydroxypyrrolidin-2- ones Dedicated to Professor Giovanni Romeo on occasion of his 70th birthday

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2013.08.084

Diastereoselective asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of N-(alkoxycarbonylmethyl) nitrones derived from glycine, alanine and phenylalanine have been studied both experimentally and theoretically. Asymmetric induction is evaluated by either introducing