Carbocyclic α-amino acids: asymmetric Strecker synthesis of a series of 2-alkylated 1-aminocyclopentanecarboxylic acids
作者:Judith Wede、Franz-J Volk、August W Frahm
DOI:10.1016/s0957-4166(00)00284-6
日期:2000.8
A series of 12 carbocyclic alpha-amino acids has been prepared from four different racemic 2-alkylated cyclopentanones and (R)-1-phenylethylamine as the chiral auxiliary by means of an asymmetric Strecker synthesis. The stereoselectivity was influenced by solvent, temperature and size of the substituent at the 2-position of the cyclopentanones. For the methyl and ethyl substituted amino acids all four possible stereoisomers could be obtained, whereas for the isopropyl and tertiary butyl compounds an unexpected side reaction prohibited the isolation of the cis configured amino acids. The 1,3-induction mechanism observed for the kinetically controlled alpha-amino nitrile formation in the 2-methyl and 2-ethyl series was overlayed by a 1,2-induction in the respective 2-isopropyl and 2-tertiary butyl series. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.