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SUBMITTER: Yang KS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4244832 | biostudies-other | 2014 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20141107 46
A general, asymmetric synthesis of amino acid derivatives is reported. Masked acyl cyanide (MAC) reagents are shown to be effective umpolung synthons for enantioselective additions to N-Boc-aldimines. The reactions are catalyzed by a modified cinchona alkaloid, which can function as a bifunctional, hydrogen bonding catalyst, and afford adducts in excellent yields (90-98%) and high enantioselectivities (up to 97.5:2.5 er). Unmasking the addition products gives acyl cyanide intermediates that are ...[more]