The synthesis of a highly constrained quaternary carbocyclic alpha-amino acid, (+)-N-Boc-bicycloproline, has been achieved starting from sodium cyclopentadienylide. Key steps include a rhodium-catalyzed nitrenoid C-H insertion to install the tert-alkylamine and a ring-closing metathesis reaction to form the pyrrolidine ring. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The synthesis of a highly constrained quaternary carbocyclic alpha-amino acid, (+)-N-Boc-bicycloproline, has been achieved starting from sodium cyclopentadienylide. Key steps include a rhodium-catalyzed nitrenoid C-H insertion to install the tert-alkylamine and a ring-closing metathesis reaction to form the pyrrolidine ring. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
The synthesis of a highly constrained quaternary carbocyclic alpha-amino acid, (+)-N-Boc-bicycloproline, has been achieved starting from sodium cyclopentadienylide. Key steps include a rhodium-catalyzed nitrenoid C-H insertion to install the tert-alkylamine and a ring-closing metathesis reaction to form the pyrrolidine ring. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.