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A stereodivergent approach to amino acids, amino alcohols, or oxazolidinones of high enantiomeric purity
Spino, Claude,Tremblay, Marie-Claude,Gobdout, Cedrickx
, p. 2801 - 2804 (2007/10/03)
(-)-Menthone, an inexpensive chiral auxiliary, was used to prepare both enantiomers of α-amino acids, amino alcohols, or oxazolidinones. The sequence includes the SN2′ displacement by a cuprate reagent and a Curtius rearrangement as key steps.