Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Abstract:
Ni(II)-complex derived from glycine Schiff base with 2-N-(α-picolyl)amino]benzophenone (PABP) was found to be an ideal equivalent of nucleophilic glycine in the reactions with various alkyl halides affording an efficient, generalized and practically useful method for preparing symmetrically α,α-disubstituted α-amino acids.