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AUTHOR
Eniko Forro
Diastereo- and enantioselective synthesis of orthogonally protected 2,4-diaminocyclopentanecarboxylates: a flip from beta-amino- to beta,gamma-diaminocarboxylates.
Conformationally restricted, orthogonally protected 2,4-diaminocarboxylates with a cyclopentane skeleton were efficiently synthesized from beta-lactam 6, the syntheses involving strategies of diastereoselective epoxidation of the beta-lactam and the corresponding monoprotected amino esters with opposite selectivities followed by regioselective opening of the oxirane ring with sodium azide. The enantiomers were also prepared. This new class of compounds can be regarded not only as conformationally constrained beta,gamma-diamino acid derivatives but also as potential functionalized carbocyclic nucleoside precursors.
Facile Regio- and Diastereoselective Syntheses of Hydroxylated2-Aminocyclohexanecarboxylic Acids
By means of total regio- and diastereoselective functionalizations of cis- and trans-2-amino-4-cyclohexenecarboxylic acid derivatives 1, 9, 12 and 16, isomers of 2-amino-4-hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid 8 and 11, and 2-amino-5-hydroxycyclohexanecarboxylic acid 15 and 19 were prepared in good yields, via 1,3-oxazine or γ-lactone intermediates. The enantiomers of 8 and 15 were also prepared by the same pathway, resulting in products with ee > 99 %. The structures, stereochemistry and relative configurations of the synthesized compounds were proved by NMR, using some key vicinal couplings and characteristic NOEs. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2005)
Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Cyclopentanes as Precursors of Hydroxylated Azidocarbonucleosides
Regio- and stereoisomers of functionalized azido amino alcohols with a cyclopentane skeleton were synthesized in enantiomerically pure forms. Enzymatic ring cleavage of racemic 2-azabicyclo[2.2.1]hept-5-en-3-one gave the corresponding amino acid and one enantiomer of the lactam stereospecifically. These were protected by esterification and carbamoylation, and then epoxidized. The resulting oxiranes underwent cleavage by sodium azide with complementary stereoselectivities. The regioisomeric products were easily separated by crystallization or column chromatography.