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AUTHOR
Thomas Straub
Diastereoselective formation of highly functionalised α-substituted amino acid derivatives via aldol addition
Abstract Highly diastereoselective aldol additions of (2 R ,4 S )-3- tert -butyl 4-methyl 2- tert -butyloxazolidine-3,4-dicarboxylate ( 1 ) are reported. The utility of the highly substituted oxazolidines of type 1 for diastereoselective α-addition of the fully protected amino acid l -serine with achiral and chiral carbonyl compounds is demonstrated and the relative and absolute configuration of the aldol products are discussed on the basis of NOESY data and solid state structures of selected examples. The aldol products represent highly useful intermediates in the syntheses of sphingosine-related metabolites.
Mass spectrometric studies of benzoxazine resorcarenes
Eleven differently substituted 3,4-dihydro-2H-1,3-benzoxazine resorcarenes were studied by electrospray ionisation (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation (MALDI) mass spectrometry, using Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance (FT-ICR) and time-of-flight (TOF) mass spectrometers, respectively. Under ESI conditions it was possible to transfer the intact resorcarenes from solution to the gas phase, yielding [M + H]+ and [M + 2H]+ ions as the main ions observed. Energy increase of the ions induced ready decomposition through successive eliminations of four CH2NR groups. Ion-molecule reactions showed that the ionising proton was situated somewhere inside the molecule and could …
Stereocontrolledα-Alkylation of Fully ProtectedL-Serine
Diastereoselective alkylation of the (2S,4S) and (2R,4S) diastereomers of 3-tert-butyl 4-methyl 2-tert-butyl-1,3-oxazolidine-3,4-dicarboxylate (1a/b) is reported. Formation of both diastereomers of these oxazolidines was achieved by changing the order of protection steps, and their relative and absolute configurations were determined by NOESY spectroscopy. The use of the bulky ring substituent tBu together with Boc as the N-protecting group led to the exclusive formation of only one alkylated diastereomer. (© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2004)
Mannich Reactions with Amino Alcohols
The condensation of resorcarenes 1 with various amino alcohols and an excess of formaldehyde was studied. The tetrabenzoxazines 2a−e were found as the only products in the reaction with 6-aminohexan-1-ol, 4-aminobutan-1-ol, and 2-aminoethanol, while 3-aminopropan-1-ol forms the tetraoxazine 3 as the main product. In the case of aminoethanols substituted at the 2-position with alkyl groups, the tetraoxazolidines 4 are the preferred reaction products, while 1-methyl aminoethanol (1-amino-propan-2-ol) yields predominantly the tetrabenzoxazine 2f. The structures of all these compounds have been confirmed by NMR spectroscopy and additionally by single-crystal X-ray analysis in the case of 2a and…