DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF GAMMA-HYDROXY-BETA-AMINO ALCOHOLS, (2S,3S)-THREONINOL AND (2S,3R)-THREONINOL AND (2S,3R)-HYDROXYPHENYLALANINOL, FROM (R)-GLYCIDOL VIA THE DERIVED 4-HYDROXYMETHYLOXAZOLIDINONE
S. Katsumura et al., DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF GAMMA-HYDROXY-BETA-AMINO ALCOHOLS, (2S,3S)-THREONINOL AND (2S,3R)-THREONINOL AND (2S,3R)-HYDROXYPHENYLALANINOL, FROM (R)-GLYCIDOL VIA THE DERIVED 4-HYDROXYMETHYLOXAZOLIDINONE, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 5(2), 1994, pp. 161-164
Syntheses of enantiomerically pure (2S,3S)- and (2S,3R)-threoninol and
(2S,3R)-hydroxyphenylalaninol are demonstrated starting from (R)-glyc
idol via (S)-4-methoxycarbonyl-2-oxazolidinone by monoalkylation of th
e ester followed by diastereoselective reduction.