V. Schanen et al., ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS .31. SYNTHESIS OF 2-SUBSTITUTED PIPERAZINES FROMCHIRAL NON-RACEMIC LACTAMS, Tetrahedron letters, 35(16), 1994, pp. 2533-2536
The preparation of lactam 2 from R-(-)-phenylglycinol and N-Boc glycin
e is described. Diastereoselective alkylation of 2 allowed the prepara
tion of piperazine derivatives in an optically pure form.