Synlett 1995; 1995(7): 753-754
DOI: 10.1055/s-1995-5068
letter
© Georg Thieme Verlag, Rüdigerstr. 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germany. All rights reserved. This journal, including all individual contributions and illustrations published therein, is legally protected by copyright for the duration of the copyright period. Any use, exploitation or commercialization outside the narrow limits set by copyright legislation, without the publisher's consent, is illegal and liable to criminal prosecution. This applies in particular to photostat reproduction, copying, cyclostyling, mimeographing or duplication of any kind, translating, preparation of microfilms, and electronic data processing and storage.

Asymmetric Reduction of 2-(N-Arylimino)-3,3,3-trifluoropropanoic Acid Esters Leading to Chiral 3,3,3-Trifluoroalanine and Its Derivatives

Takashi Sakai, Fengyang Yan, Kenji Uneyama*
  • *Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Okayama University, Okayama 700, Japan
Weitere Informationen

Publikationsverlauf

Publikationsdatum:
31. Dezember 2000 (online)

Preview

(R)-3,3,3-Trifluoroalanine and its derivatives have been synthesized enantioselectively by the asymmetric reduction of 2-(N-arylimino)-3,3,3-trifluoropropanoic acid esters with (S)-oxazaborolidine-catecholborane system. The absolute configuration was determined to be R by X-Ray crystallographic analysis of the corresponding N-(S)-(+)-camphorsulfonyl derivative.