An N,O-protected, iodinated bishomoalanine derivative, safely available from glutamic acid, reacts with aryl halides in a Negishi reaction in high yields. From the coupling product, Fmoc-protected amino acids with aromatic and heteroaromatic side chains were generated in high yields by racemization-free procedures. These monomers could be used for solid-phase peptidesynthesis. amino alcohols - chiral