(S)-4-tert-Butoxycarbonylamino-(E)-7-methoxymethylene-6-
oxo-nonanoic acid methyl ester (4a). Reaction of 19 (286 mg,
0.801 mmol) with 10 (119 mg, 0.801 mmol) following the general
procedure followed by flash chromatography of the residue yielded
4a (188 mg, 68%) as a colorless oil: Rf (heptane–EtOAc 3 : 2) =
0.33; [a]2D0 −9.0 (c 0.99, CH2Cl2); m/z HRMS (FAB+) Found
[M + H]+ 344.2087. C17H30NO6 requires 344.2073; mmax(neat)/cm−1
3359s, 2976s, 1739s, 1700s, 1633s, 1520s, 1453m, 1366m, 1249s,
1169s; dH (300 MHz; CDCl3) 0.91 (3 H, t, J 7.5), 1.41 (9 H, s),
1.74–1.96 (2 H, m), 2.23 (2 H, q, J 7.5), 2.38 (2 H, t, J 7.4), 2.62 (1
H, dd, J 6.1 and 15.6), 2.87 (1 H, dd, J 4.7 and 15.6), 3.66 (3 H,
s), 3.88 (3 H, s), 3.80–3.90 (1 H, m), 5.16 (1 H, br d, J 8.2), 7.28
(1 H, s); dC (75.4 MHz; CDCl3) 13.2 (CH3), 16.2 (CH2), 28.3 (3 C,
CH3), 29.4 (CH2), 31.1 (CH2), 41.6 (CH2), 48.4 (CH), 51.6 (CH3),
61.6 (CH3), 79.1 (C), 124.1 (C), 155.5 (C), 160.8 (CH), 173.9 (C),
197.6 (C).
(CH2), 31.2 (CH2), 43.2 (CH2), 47.0 (CH), 51.6 (CH3), 79.2 (C),
155.4 (C), 173.7 (C), 210.0 (C).
Acknowledgements
We thank the Technical University of Denmark for financial
support.
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