triflate and (R,R)-Ph-BOX as a catalyst. This method was successfully applied to a variety of 2-hydroxyalkanamides in high enantioselectivity with up to 92% ee, and then tosylated product was easily transformed into opticallyactive α-amino acid derivatives.
2-hydroxyamide derivatives are produced based on the kineticresolution of racemic 2-hydroxyamides with a diphenylacetyl component and (R)-benzotetramisole ((R)-BTM), a chiral acyl-transfer catalyst, via asymmetric esterification and acylation. It was revealed that a tertiary amide can be used with this novel protocol to achieve high selectivity (22 examples; s-value reaching over 250). The resulting chiral