Stereoselective Synthesis of
Unnatural β-Amino Acids from Nitroethane via 5,6-Dihydro-4H-1,2-oxazin-3-ylacetates

Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov; Alexey V. Lesiv; Oleg L. Eliseev; Yulia A. Khomutova; Sema L. Ioffe

doi:10.1055/s-0029-1216872

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Stereoselective Synthesis of Unnatural β-Amino Acids from Nitroethane via 5,6-Dihydro-4H-1,2-oxazin-3-ylacetates

Alexey Yu. Sukhorukov, Alexey V. Lesiv, Oleg L. Eliseev, Yulia A. Khomutova, Sema L. Ioffe*
N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 47, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
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The reduction of easily available methyl 5,6-dihydro-4H-1,2-oxazin-3-ylacetates provides an efficient route to different diastereomerically pure unnatural β-amino acids. A two-step protocol including reduction of the C=N bond of the initial oxazine with sodium cyanoborohydride during the first step and hydrogenation of the N-O bond during the second step produced the target β-amino acid esters with higher stereoselectivity than obtained with conventional catalytic hydrogenation.

Key words

β-amino acids - 5,6-dihydro-4H-1,2-oxazines - reduction - hydrogenation - nitroethane

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