Synthesis and Derivatization of Substituted (R)- and (S)-C-Allylglycines

Various (R)- and (S)-C-allylglycine derivatives were synthesized by means of an auxiliary controlled diastereoselective aza-Claisen rearrangement. Starting from (S)-configured auxiliaries derived from optically active proline, an aza-Claisen rearrangement enabled us to synthesize α(R)-configured γ,δ-unsaturated amides. Since (R)-allylglycine derivatives could be directly generated by reacting N-allylproline derivatives and various protected glycine fluorides, the corresponding (S)-enantiomers were built-up via an initial α-chloroacetyl chloride rearrangement and a subsequent chloride azide substitution with complete inversion of the configuration. High diastereoselectivities were obtained (…