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Stereocontrolled synthesis of syn-β-hydroxy-α-amino acids by direct aldolization of pseudoephenamine glycinamide
Seiple, Ian B.,Mercer, Jaron A. M.,Sussman, Robin J.,Zhang, Ziyang,Myers, Andrew G.
, p. 4642 - 4647 (2014/05/20)
β-Hydroxy-α-amino acids figure prominently as chiral building blocks in chemical synthesis and serve as precursors to numerous important medicines. Reported herein is a method for the synthesis of β-hydroxy- α-amino acid derivatives by aldolization of pseudoephenamine glycinamide, which can be prepared from pseudoephenamine in a one-flask protocol. Enolization of (R,R)- or (S,S)-pseudoephenamine glycinamide with lithium hexamethyldisilazide in the presence of LiCl followed by addition of an aldehyde or ketone substrate affords aldol addition products that are stereochemically homologous with L- or D-threonine, respectively. These products, which are typically solids, can be obtained in stereoisomerically pure form in yields of 55-98 %, and are readily transformed into β-hydroxy-α-amino acids by mild hydrolysis or into 2-amino-1,3-diols by reduction with sodium borohydride. This new chemistry greatly facilitates the construction of novel antibiotics of several different classes. On aldol: Enolization of (R,R)- or (S,S)-pseudoephenamine glycinamide with lithium hexamethyldisilazide (LiHMDS) in the presence of LiCl followed by addition of either an aldehyde or ketone substrate affords aldol addition products which are stereochemically homologous with L- or D-threonine, respectively. These products can be obtained in stereoisomerically pure form in yields of 55-98 %, and are readily transformed into β-hydroxy-α-amino acids by mild hydrolysis or into 2-amino-1,3-diols by reduction.
