作者:Jennifer A. Sowinski、Peter L. Toogood
DOI:10.1021/jo961408a
日期:1996.1.1
Previously reported methods for preparing enantiomerically pure thiazoles are inadequate for the synthesis of inherently labile O-alkyl serine-derived thiazoles. The intermediate N-Boc-(O-methylseryl) thiazolines are very susceptible to tautomerization, even under neutral conditions (Scheme 5). Herein, it is demonstrated that the choice of N-protecting group is critical to the preservation of enantiomeric purity. Thus, using an N-trityl protecting group, O-methyl serine was converted to the corresponding N-Boc-(O-methylseryl) thiazole 3 with no appreciable epimerization as indicated by F-19 and H-1 NMR of the corresponding Mosher's amide.