THE ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF AMINO ACIDS UNDER POLYMER-SUPPORTED PHASE TRANSFER CATALYTIC CONDITION

The optical α-amino acids were synthesized under room temperature byalkylation of N-(diphenyl methylene) glycine t-butyl ester under polymer-supported phasetransfer conditions using polymer-supported cinchonine (or quinine) alkaloids as chiralphase transfer catalysts and dichloromethane as solvent, followed by hydrolysis of theabove intermediates introduced to the final products-optical α-amino acids. This is anew method for the asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acids. The influences of catalyst,temperature, substrates, and organic solvents on the chemical yield and optical purities ofproducts were studied.