Acid-catalyzed lactonization in dilute hydrochloric acid of N-substituted 2-amino-4-aryl-4-hydroxybutanoic acids with electron donating aryl substituents is stereoconvergent. The stereochemical outcome is controlled by the precipitation of little soluble cis-lactones, starting from both syn-2-amino-4-aryl-4-hydroxybutanoic acids and anti-2-amino-4-aryl-4-hydroxybutanoic acids or their mixtures. A highly diastereoselective two-step sequence (acid-catalyzed lactonization with CIAT process followed by alkaline hydrolysis) for the transformation of syn-3b-d to the corresponding anti-3b-d is reported. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Dave; Nargund, Journal of the University of Bombay, Science: Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Biological Sciences and Medicine, 1938, vol. 7/3, p. 191,194
Stereoselective sodium borohydride reduction, catalyzed by manganese(II) chloride, of γ-oxo-α-amino acids. A practical approach to syn-γ-hydroxy-α-amino acids
A highly stereoselective reduction of γ-oxo-α-amino acids by sodium borohydride in the presence of a catalytic amount of manganese(II) chloride gives syn-γ-hydroxy-α-amino acids. Enantiomerically pure syn-(2S,4R,1′S)-4-aryl-4-hydroxy-2-(1′-phenylethylamino)butanoic acids form stable gels in methanol.