Preparation of Conformationally Restricted β2,2- and β2,2,3-Amino Esters and Derivatives Containing an All-Carbon Quaternary Center
Alexandre Romanens and Guillaume Bélanger*
*Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, 2500 boulevard de l'Université, Sherbrooke, Québec J1K 2R1, Canada, Email: Guillaume.BelangerUSherbrooke.ca
A. Roamens, G. Bélanger, Org. Lett., 2015, 17, 322-325.
DOI: 10.1021/ol503432b
see article for more reactions
Abstract
A preparation of highly substituted β-amino acids involves a Vilsmeier-Haack reaction with nonaromatic carbon nucleophiles. The reaction enabled the synthesis of several β2,2,3-amino esters, such as derivatives of homoproline, homoalanine, and homopipecolinic esters.
see article for more examples
Key Words
β-amino esters, sodium cyanoborohydride, sodium triacetoxyborohydride
ID: J54-Y2015