Synthesis of enantiomerically enriched (R)-C-labelled 2-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) by conformational memory in the alkylation of a derivative of L-alanine.

The method of Kouklovsky and coworkers for the enantioselective alkylation of cyclic N-naphthoyl derivatives of amino acids was used to introduce a (13)C label into one of the two enantiotopic methyl groups of 2-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib) by retentive alkylation of L-alanine with (13)CH(3)I. Conditi...

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Main Authors: Fletcher, S, Solà, J, Holt, D, Brown, R, Clayden, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011