Q. Li et al., A PRACTICAL STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF ,4S)4-TERT-BUTOXYCARBONYLAMINO-2-METHYLPYRROLIDINE, Tetrahedron letters, 36(46), 1995, pp. 8391-8394
Two practical syntheses of (2S, S)-4-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-methyl
pyrrolidine, an important intermediate for quinolone antibacterial age
nts, have been developed through the combination of diastereo and enan
tioselective reactions starting from ethyl crotonate and L-alanine, re
spectively.