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Reduction of 4-Oxo-α-Amino Acids as a Route to 4-Hydroxylated α-Amino Acids. Concise Approaches to the Synthesis of Clavalanine, erythro-4-Hydroxyornithine and (+)-Bulgecinine
Jackson, Richard F. W.,Rettie, Alan B.,Wood, Anthony,Withes, Martin J.
, p. 1719 - 1726 (2007/10/02)
The stereochemical course of reduction of derivatives of 4-oxo-α-amino acids 3 to give cis- and trans-γ-substituted α-aminobutano-4-lactones 9 and 10 using a range of hydride reducing agents is reported.Athough reduction with sodium boranuide (sodium borohydride) in protic solvents proceeds with low stereoselectivity, use of triethylsilane-boron trifluoride-diethyl ether gives good selectivity in favour of the cis-isomer, provided that the 4-substituent is phenyl.Moderate to excellent stereoselectivity in favour of the trans-isomer may be obtained by using L-Selectride in tetrahydrofuran.The presence of an additional stereogenic centre at C-5 completely overwhelms the effect of the α-centre.Applications of this method in approaches to the synthesis of clavalanine, erythro-4-hydroxyornithine and (+)-bulgecinine are described.
