anti-α-amino β-hydroxyesters with high levels of selectivity by the use of Ru-SYNPHOS® catalysts is reported. The key transformations include asymmetric hydrogenations of α-N-substituted β-keto esters protected as α-amido or α-amino hydrochloride derivatives, respectively. The RuII-catalyzed hydrogenation of α-amino β-keto ester hydrochlorides affords the corresponding anti-α-amino β-hydroxyesters with high
concise, enantioselective total synthesis of symbioramide, starting from simple achiral compounds and racemic α-amino-β-keto esterderivatives is reported. This highly flexible strategy allowed the efficient preparation of seven structural isomers of the natural product as well. The synthesis relies on a convergent route that involves the efficient stereoselective reduction of a α-keto-β-yne ester, and