The title synthesis was achieved by featuring diastereoface selective cyclopropanation of (4R,5S)-4,5-diphenyl-3-vinyl-2-oxazolidinone, the chiral and conformationally rigid N-vinylcarbamate, with zinc-monofluorocarbenoid followed by hydrogenolysis of formed (4R,5S)-3-[(1R-2S)-2-fluorocyclopropyl]-4,5-diphenyl-2-oxalidinone.
The title synthesis was achieved by featuring diastereoface-selective cyclopropanation of (4R,5S)-4,5-diphenyl-3-vinyl-2-oxazolidinone and its related compounds, the chiral conformationally rigid N-vinylcarbamates, with zinc-monofluorocarbenoid, followed by hydrogenolysis of the major addition products. The diastereoface-selectivity of the cyclopropanation could be explained by the most stable conformation