A-Amino- -hydroxycarboxylic acids

A way to anh-configurated a-amino-/ -hydroxycarboxylic acids is opened by the aldol addition of oxazolidine amides 7a and 7b. The method1061 is illustrated by a synthesis of (2R,3R)-p-hydroxyleucine (9) which is available from the major diastereomeric adduct 8 (d.r. 92 8) upon successive treatment with 1 N HC1 (30 min). 5 N HCl (100 C, 12 h), and propylene oxide (reflux in ethanol, 30 min). 

Cupric sulfate sodium carbonate a-Amino-/ -hydroxycarboxylic acids from aldehydes... 

The second approach for the synthesis of 2-amino-3-hydroxycarboxylic acids starts with a chiral isothiocyanate which is added, via the tin enolate, to aldehydes. The initially formed adducts are immediately derivatized to the heterocycles, from which. yj 7-2-amino-3-hy-droxycarboxylic acids result after a three-step procedure. The diastereomeric ratios of the intermediate bis-heterocyclic products range from 93 7 to 99 1 (desired isomer/sum of all others)104. 

When /V-arenesulfonyl-a-amino acid derived boranes 13 and 14 are used in substoichiometric amounts in order to mediate enantioselective aldol additions of a,a-dimethyl substituted ketcnc acetal 15, /J-hydroxycarboxylic esters 16 are obtained in enantiomeric excess of 84 to > 99 %3fi. 

Alkyl oxazoline-5-carboxylates 71, precursors of P-amino-a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, have been produced by iodocyclisation of alkyl 3-benzamidocatboxylates 70. The oxazolines can be resolved enzymatically <99SL1727>. The amides 72 are cyclised to N-aryloxazolium salts 73 by fluoroboric acid <99EJ0297>. 

Mur 207), has received renewed interest in recent years. A fine review covering the intermolecular asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction was compiled by Mori 208>. In this article the use of terpenes and carbohydrates as chiral auxiliaries is discussed no amino acid derivatives are mentioned in this context. A chiral a-hydroxycarboxylic acid derivative was also used to achieve an asymmetric Diels-Alder reaction 209). High asymmetric induction could be detected in the intramolecular Diels-Alder reaction of chiral molecules. 

Terashima et al. 231) reported an asymmetric halolactonization reaction. This highly stereoselective reaction permits the synthesis of intermediates for the preparation of chiral a,a-disubstituted a-hydroxycarboxylic acids (227)231c), a-hydroxyketones (228) 231c), functionalized epoxides (229) 231d,e) and natural products 231h,j). Only amino acids have so far been used as a source of the chiral information in the asymmetric halolactonization reaction. Again, the best results have been obtained by using cyclic imino acid enantiomers, namely proline. 

This procedure was improved 123 for the synthesis of building units based on amino acids other than Gly, but with nonfunctionalized side chains (Table 6). To suppress the 3-elim-ination and racemization side reactions, triflates of a-hydroxycarboxylic acid esters 124 34 (L = OTf, Scheme 19) were used as substrates for the nucleophilic substitution. In order to prevent polyalkylation, the nucleophilic amine of to-BocNH- or co-tBu02C-alkylamines 33 were temporarily protected with the benzyl group. 115116 This protection also improved the yields and purity of Gly-based building units. In this case commercially available benzyl bromoacetate 34 (L=Br) was used as the substrate. In both cases the nucleophilic sub-... 

Masked chiral a-hetero substituted carboxylic acid enolates have also shown utility in dia-stereoselective additions to nitroalkenes. For example, derivatives of a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, e.g. l,3-dioxolan-4-ones (187) a-amino acids, e.g. 1,3-imidazolidin-4-ones (188) and a-amino-fi-hydroxy-carboxylic acids, e.g. methyl 1,3-oxazolidin-4-carboxylates (189) and methyl l,3-oxazolin-4-carboxy-lates (190), have been employed.1S0a Further, diastereoselective additions of chiral (3-hydroxyesters (191), via the enediolates, to nitroalkenes (40) afford predominant anr/ -P-hydroxyesters (192 Scheme... 

For enhancement of fluorescence, molecules with intramolecular fluorescence quenching of photoinduced electron transfer (PET) of lone pairs are used. When interacting with the target molecule, this quenching will be inhibited and therefore the fluorescence can be turned on. The l,T-binaphthyl macrocycles are most extensively applied for this method they provide multiple chiral functional groups as binding sites for analytes such as a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, amines and even amino acid derivatives [5] (Fig. 3, left). 

Toda, F., Sano, A., Nassimbeni, L. R., and Niven, M. L. (1991) Optical Resolution of Amino Acid and Hydroxycarboxylic Acid Esters by Complexation with Optically Active Host Compounds a Crystallographic Result, J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2, 1971-1975. 

Unlike ethylene glycol, a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, and p-mercaptoethanol, ligands such as ethanolamine, ethylenediamine, amino acids, and 2-aminoethanethiol do not form V2L2 complexes with vanadate [46], However, weakly formed products of VL stoichiometry (—546 ppm, —556 ppm) are observed with a number of a-amino acids [47], Because the amine functionality in amino acids is not suitable for formation of the cyclic [VN]2 core expected for a dimer, then one or the other of these VL compounds may correspond to the monomeric precursor to such a dimeric product. Certainly, with the a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, the monomeric complex can be a major component in solution. Similar VL complexes have not been reported for the amino alcohols. Perusal of the available reports suggests that the amine derivatives were studied under conditions where the nitrogen functionality was protonated, so the results may be somewhat misleading. 

Native amino acids, peptides, a-hydroxycarboxylic acids, cyclic amides, amines teicoplanin 1285]... 

The regioselective process P-amino-a-hydroxycarboxylic acid corresponding acrylic acid substn anthraquinone mediates enantiosele... 

The regioselective process is suitable for the synthesis of protected (3-amino-a-hydroxycarboxylic acid derivatives (racemic, no chiral ligand added) from the corresponding acrylic acid substrates. On the other hand, 1,4-bis(dihydroquininoxy)-anthraquinone mediates enantioselective formation of A-benzyloxycarbonylphenylserine. ... 

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