摘要:
                                rac-alpha-Chlorocarboxylic acids, rac-9a-e, were formally deracemized by reaction of the corresponding acyl chlorides with the chiral auxiliaries (R)- and (S)-3-hydroxy-4,4-dimethyl-1-phenyl-2-pyrrolidinone, (R)- and (S)-4, followed by mild alkaline hydrolysis. The highest o.p. (99%) was obtained in the case of (S)-alpha-chloropropanoic acid, a known precursor for the synthesis of (R)-alpha-aryloxypropanoic acid herbicides such as dichlorprop-P, (R)-3a, or mecoprop-P, (R)-3b, which, together with their enantiomers, were also obtained in moderate e.e.s by dynamic kinetic resolution from (alpha RS, 3S)-4,4-dimethyl-2-oxo-1-phenylpyrrolidin-3-yl alpha-bromopropanoate, (alpha RS, 3S)-6, by reaction with the corresponding phenoxide followed by mild acid hydrolysis. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.