a Department of Chemistry, Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis Zografou, 15771 Athens, Greece b Department of Chemistry, New York University, 110 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA
Abstract:
The Schöllkopf methodology for the asymmetric synthesis of α-amino acids, which was previously not applicable to the construction of quaternary α-amino acids, has been rendered not only suitable but also practical for this purpose and applied to a highly efficient enantioselective synthesis of orthogonally protected (R)-α-alkylserines suitable for the solid phase synthesis.