1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions to Unsymmetrical Ketone-Derived Chiral Stabilized Azomethine Ylides: Strategies for the Synthesis of Highly Substituted Amino Acids

Abstract

We report herein, the first generation of unsymmetrical ketone-derived chiral stabilized azomethine ylides. Intramolecular and intermolecular cycloaddition strategies have been utilized to synthesize both an enantiomerically pure bicyclic proline derivative and an enantiomerically pure β-hydroxy-α-amino acid.

azomethine ylide - β-hydroxy-α-amino acid - proline - intramolecular - cycloaddition

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