Mj. Odonnell et al., PREPARATION OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE BETA-CARBOXYASPARTIC ACID-DERIVATIVESVIA PD(0)-CATALYZED ASYMMETRIC SUBSTITUTION OF SCHIFF-BASE ACETATES, Tetrahedron : asymmetry, 7(3), 1996, pp. 621-624
Optically active beta-carboxyaspartic acid derivative 6 (77% ee) was o
btained in 48% total yield from the coupling of Schiff base acetate 3
with sodium dimethyl malonate in the presence of 5% Pd(OAc)(2)-(2S,4S)
-BPPM followed by a single recrystallization. Phase-transfer catalyzed
alkylation of malonates 6 affords beta-substituted ASA derivatives 7
in excellent yield without racemization at the alpha-carbon. (C) 1996
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