Synthesis 2015; 47(23): 3776-3782
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1560088
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© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Racemization-Free Synthesis of Morpholinone Derivatives from α-Amino Acids

Authors

  • Sauvik Samanta

    Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India   eMail: mkghorai@iitk.ac.in
  • Abhijit Mal

    Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India   eMail: mkghorai@iitk.ac.in
  • Sandipan Halder

    Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India   eMail: mkghorai@iitk.ac.in
  • Manas K. Ghorai*

    Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur-208016, India   eMail: mkghorai@iitk.ac.in
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Publikationsverlauf

Received: 12. Mai 2015

Accepted after revision: 11. Juli 2015

Publikationsdatum:
25. August 2015 (online)


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Abstract

A simple strategy is reported for the synthesis of chiral N-protected morpholinone derivatives by a base (potassium carbonate)-mediated cyclization reaction of N-protected α-amino acids with 1,2-dibromoethane. The morpholinone derivatives are obtained in good yields and in enantiomerically pure forms.

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