Abstract
β-Benzylsulfanyl-β-trifluoromethyl-α-amino acid esters have been synthesized from (Z)-β- substituted-β-trifluoromethyl-α,β-dehydroamino acid esters via Michael addition with moderate diastereoselectivities. The reaction was investigated with various catalysts. Et3N and LiBr gave satisfactory results, which operated synergistically as bifunctional catalyst. However, the other tested chiral catalysts gave no good enantioselectivities.
Keywords: fluorinated amino acids, sulfur substituted amino acids, michael addition, dehydroamino acid esters, bifunctional catalyst, mercaptanes
Letters in Organic Chemistry
Title: Synthesis of β-Benzylsulfanyl-β-trifluoromethyl-α-amino Acids Via Michael Addition in the Presence of Et3N/LiBr
Volume: 2 Issue: 2
Author(s): Dieter Enders and Zai-Xin Chen
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Keywords: fluorinated amino acids, sulfur substituted amino acids, michael addition, dehydroamino acid esters, bifunctional catalyst, mercaptanes
Abstract: β-Benzylsulfanyl-β-trifluoromethyl-α-amino acid esters have been synthesized from (Z)-β- substituted-β-trifluoromethyl-α,β-dehydroamino acid esters via Michael addition with moderate diastereoselectivities. The reaction was investigated with various catalysts. Et3N and LiBr gave satisfactory results, which operated synergistically as bifunctional catalyst. However, the other tested chiral catalysts gave no good enantioselectivities.
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Enders Dieter and Chen Zai-Xin, Synthesis of β-Benzylsulfanyl-β-trifluoromethyl-α-amino Acids Via Michael Addition in the Presence of Et3N/LiBr, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2005; 2 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178053202865
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1570178053202865 |
Print ISSN 1570-1786 |
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