| Abstract: | Optically active 1‐substituted taurines, a type of important sulfur analogues of naturally occurring amino acids, and their N‐benzyloxycarbonyl‐protected derivatives were synthesized from the corresponding optically active β‐amino secondary alcohols in three steps via N‐protection with benzyl chloroformate, substitution with thiolacetic acid under Mitsunobu conditions, and oxidation with performic acid. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Heteroatom Chem 16:466–471, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/hc.20133 |
