F. Dangeli et al., STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF N,N'-DIARYL-2,5-DIOXOPIPERAZINES FROM HOMOCHIRAL OR RACEMIC 2-BROMOPROPANANILIDES, Journal of organic chemistry, 61(4), 1996, pp. 1252-1255
N,N'-Diaryl-2,5-dioxopiperazines 8 and 9, related to the amino acid al
anine, are easily obtained by self-cyclocoupling of 2-bromopropananili
des 7. The cis-(R,R) or cis-(S,S)/trans-(R,S) distribution is controll
ed, to varying extents, by starting either from a single enantiomer or
racemate and by the promoter, aryl substituent, and solvent. H-1 NMR
spectra of the members of six diastereomeric couples and X-ray structu
res of representative products are reported.