110579-31-2Relevant articles and documents
Synthesis of α-amino acids by reaction of aziridine-2-carboxylic acids with carbon nucleophiles
Beresford, Kenneth J. M.,Church, Nicola J.,Young, Douglas W.
, p. 2888 - 2897 (2006)
A variety of homochiral α-amino acids have been prepared in good yield via regioselective reaction of higher order cuprates with (2S)-N-para-toluenesulfonylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid 4. The reaction was much less regioselective and low yielding when higher order cuprates were reacted with the more hindered aziridine carboxylic acid 30, the principal products being protected β-amino acids. Reaction of lithium trimethylsilylacetylide with the aziridine acid 30, however, gave a protected α-amino acid which was converted to the protected isoleucine ester 37. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2006.
Synthesis of α-Amino Acids by Ring Opening of Aziridine-2-carboxylates with Carbon Nucleophiles
Church, Nicola J.,Young, Douglas W.
, p. 151 - 154 (2007/10/02)
Excellent regiospecificity has been achieved in the reaction of carbon nucleophiles with N-para-toluenesulfonylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid (6, R=H) protected as the anion.This has been developed into a general and high yielding synthesis of optically pure α-amino acids containing one chiral centre.When the aziridine (20) containing a second chiral centre was used, only lithium trimethylsilylacetylide gave the desired α-amino acid.Reaction with higher order cuprates gave lower yields, the principal products being the protected β-amino acids (22) and (23).
