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Keywords:

  • Amino acids;
  • Nucleophilic substitution;
  • Hydrolysis;
  • γ-Lactams;
  • Diastereoselectivity

Abstract

The possibility of obtaining the stereoisomeric derivatives of 5-oxoproline and glutamic acid with a tertiary amino group at C-4, using the nucleophilic substitution of bromine in dimethyl (2S,4RS)-4-bromo-N-phthaloylglutamate with secondary amines followed by resolution of diastereomers and removal of protecting groups has been studied. We have shown that the reaction with arylamines results in optically pure 5-oxoproline derivatives in high yields. In the case of more basic amines, the reaction is accompanied by racemization, and the target products can be isolated only as diastereomeric racemates.(© Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2007)