Amino Acid-Derived trans-N-Chloroformylimidazolidinones: Scalable, Stereoselective Synthesis, Structure, and Utility

Mostafa Mahmoud Amer, Hossay Abas, Daniel J. Leonard, John W. Ward, Jonathan Clayden*

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Abstract

N-acyl imidazolidinones, which are key intermediates in the stereoselective synthesis of amino acids by "self-regeneration of stereochemistry" methods, are classically made by only moderately diastereoselective methods. We now report that cyclization of pivaldimino-amides with phosgene in the presence of pyridine may be made fully diastereoselective for the trans-N-chloroformylimidazolidinones, and we detail the conformational features of the products. We show that despite the presence of the electrophilic carbamoyl chloride function the products show remarkable stability and may be deprotonated to form enolates with useful reactivity for the synthesis of amino acid derivatives.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7199-7206
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Organic Chemistry
Volume84
Issue number11
Early online date15 May 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 7 Jun 2019

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