Disclosed are processes for the preparation of enantiomerically-enriched cyclopropylalanine derivatives by the hydrogenation of certain enamides in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal and a substantially enantiomerically-pure bis-phosphine catalyst and certain novel enamide ester compounds which are intermediates in the processes. The processes include novel 2-step and 3-step processes for the preparation of enantiomerically-enriched cyclopropylalanine derivatives. The two-step process comprises the steps of reacting cyclopropanecarboxaldehyde with a substituted phosphorylglycine to afford an enamide ester which then is hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal and a substantially enantiomerically-pure bis-phosphine catalyst. The three-step process comprises the steps of forming an azlactone from an N-acylglycine and cyclopropanecarboxaldehyde, converting the azlactone to the aforesaid enamide which then is hydrogenated in the presence of a catalyst comprising a transition metal and a substantially enantiomerically-pure bis-phosphine catalyst.
本发明公开了在由过渡
金属和对映体纯度很高的
双膦催化剂组成的催化剂存在下,通过氢化某些烯酰胺制备对映体富集的环丙基丙
氨酸衍
生物的工艺,以及作为工艺中间体的某些新型烯酰胺酯化合物。这些工艺包括用于制备对映体富集的环丙基丙
氨酸衍
生物的新型两步法和三步法工艺。两步法包括
环丙基甲醛与取代的
磷酰甘
氨酸反应生成烯酰胺酯,然后在由过渡
金属和对映体纯度很高的
双膦催化剂组成的催化剂存在下进行氢化反应。该三步法包括以下步骤:由 N-酰基甘
氨酸和
环丙烷甲醛形成氮内酯,将氮内酯转化为上述烯酰胺,然后在由过渡
金属和对映体纯度很高的
双膦催化剂组成的催化剂存在下进行氢化。