Enantioselective synthesis of fluorinated α-amino acids and derivatives in combination with ring-closing metathesis: Intramolecular π-stacking interactions as a source of stereocontrol

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ol016087q

(Equation presented) Hydride reduction of C=N bonds stereocontrolled by intramolecular π-stacking interactions of 1-naphthylsulfinyl and N-aryl groups, nonoxidative Pummerer rearrangement, and ring-closing metathesis are efficiently combined in a highly s