T. Ishizuka et al., SIMPLE HETEROCYCLE, 2-OXAZOLONE, AS VERSATILE BUILDING-BLOCK FOR 2-AMINO ALCOHOLS - CHIRAL SYNTHESIS OF POLYHALOTHREONINES, Heterocycles, 35(2), 1993, pp. 901-908
Smooth radical-initiated addition of CCl4 and CCl3Br to 3-[(1S)-ketopi
nyl]-2-oxazolone gives a 1 : 1 mixture of readily separable (4S, 5R)-
and (4R, 5S)-4-halogeno-5-trichloromethyl-2-oxazolidinone derivatives,
which serve for facile preparation of polychlorothreonines including
4,4-dichloro-2-amino-3-hydroxybutyric acid, known as antimicrobial arm
entomycin analog.