ASYMMETRY - TO MAKE A DISTINCTION

Amino acids provide a versatile starting point for the synthesis of en antiopure materials. In particular, chiral amino alcohols are useful b uilding blocks for the synthesis of chiral azacrown ethers and cryptan ds. In this lecture, I shall review some of our recent findings on the syntheses of these compounds. The examples are drawn from on-going pr ojects aiming at the syntheses of natural and non-natural compounds.