1. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , 1113 , Sofia , Bulgaria;2. Laboratoire de Synthèse Organomètallique (URA 408), Université P. et M. Curie , 4, Place Jussieu, Bǎt, F, 75230, Paris Cedex , 05 , France
Abstract:
The ZnBr2 promoted addition of ketene bis(trimethylsilyl) acetals to aromatic aldimines affords β-arylaminoacids in good to excellent yields. Under the same reaction conditions vinylic ketene bis(trimethylsilyl) acetals give exclusively or mainly δ - phenylaminoacids.