摘要:
N-Alkylation of (R)-(-)-2-aminobutan-1-ol 1 (a readily available reagent) with ortho-fluorobenzyl chloride, followed by reaction with cinnamoyl chloride, afforded the cinnamamide (R)-(+)-6. Michael addition of n-alkyl magnesium halides to the latter gave the corresponding adducts (R,R)-8a-e whose diastereomeric excesses were higher than 92% as evidenced by F-19 NMR. Acidic hydrolysis of these adducts yielded the corresponding beta-phenylalkanoic acids (R)-(-)-9a-e.