K. Koh et al., A FACILE SYNTHESIS OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE C-2-SYMMETRICAL 2,5-DISUBSTITUTED PYRROLIDINES AND OTHER BETA,BETA'-DIHYDROXYAMINES, Tetrahedron letters, 35(3), 1994, pp. 375-378
2,5-Dibromoadipic acid has been converted into the di-(R)-pantolactone
ester of (S,S)-pyyrolidine-2,5-dicarboxylic acid in two steps. This c
ompound serves ar a precursor to C-2-symmetric 2,5-disubstituted pyrro
lidines. The synthesis of linear C-2-symmetric beta,beta'-dihydroxyami
nes starting with alpha-bromophenylacetic acid and (S)-phenylglycine e
thyl ester is also reported.