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Herstellung von (R,R)- oder (S,S)-2-Amino-3-hydroxycarbonsäuren (allo-Threonin-Analoge) durch Acylierung/Reduktion von 2-t-Butyl-3-methyl-4-oxoimidazolidin-1-carbonsäure-t-butylester (Boc-BMI)

✍ Scribed by Blank, Stefan ;Seebach, Dieter


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
1008 KB
Volume
1993
Category
Article
ISSN
0947-3440

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Preparation of (R,R)‐ or (S,S)‐2‐Amino‐3‐hydroxycarboxylic Acids (allo‐Threonine Analogs) by Acylation/Reduction of t‐Butyl 2‐t‐Butyl‐3‐methyl‐4‐oxoimidazolidine‐1‐carboxylate (Boc‐BMI)

While there are numerous methods of preparing threonine analogs by aldol additions of chiral glycine derivatives to aldehydes, only few general routes leading to the epimers with C,C‐bond formation are presently available. This paper describes the acylation of the title compound 1 with acyl chlorides (→ trans products 2–9), the subsequent reduction with LiBHEt~3~ in THF (→ hydroxyalkylated BMI derivatives 10–14), and acidic hydrolysis to the free allo‐threonines 18–22. The first two steps are totally stereoselective (by NMR analysis), and the overall yields from BocBMI are in the order of 30–60%. Only allo‐threonines without branching in the γ‐position are accessible by this method. In one case we have also applied this sequence of steps to prepare an α‐branched allo‐threonine derivative 26. – The 5‐acyl‐BocBMI derivatives 2–9 are remarkably stable to epimerization at the center between the two carbonyl groups. Possible reasons for this are discussed and are partially supported by an X‐ray crystal structure analysis of the phenacetyl derivative 6.