Use of (S)-N-tert-butoxycarbonylaziridine-2-carboxylate derivatives for alpha-amino acid synthesis

(S)-tert-Butyl-N-tert-butoxycarbonylaziridine-2-carboxylate and (S)-tert-butyl-N-tert-butoxycarbonylaziridine-2-carboxamide were synthesised and found to react with copper 'catalysed' Grignard reagents to give protected α-amino acids in moderate to good yields.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Baldwin, J, Farthing, C, Russell, A, Schofield, C, Spivey, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1996