Pe. Maligres et al., CYCLIC IMIDATE SALTS IN ACYCLIC STEREOCHEMISTRY - DIASTEREOSELECTIVE SYN-EPOXIDATION OF 2-ALKYL-4-ENAMIDES TO EPOXYAMIDES, Tetrahedron, 52(9), 1996, pp. 3327-3338
Reaction of 2-alkyl-4-enamides with 1(+) and aqueous sodium bicarbonat
e results in the diastereoselective formation of the corresponding iod
ohydrins with essentially no iodolactone by-product. The reaction appe
ars to proceed through a cyclic imidate type intermediate. This method
ology has been successfully employed for the synthesis of the epoxide
intermediate of the orally active HIV-1 protease inhibitor MK-639 (ind
inavir sulfate).