SYNTHESIS, RESOLUTION AND ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION DETERMINATION OF (S)-4-FORMYL-5-HYDROXY[2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE AND (R)-4-FORMYL-5-HYDROXY[2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-AMINO-ACIDS
Dy. Antonov et al., SYNTHESIS, RESOLUTION AND ABSOLUTE-CONFIGURATION DETERMINATION OF (S)-4-FORMYL-5-HYDROXY[2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE AND (R)-4-FORMYL-5-HYDROXY[2.2]PARACYCLOPHANE AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF ALPHA-AMINO-ACIDS, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I, (14), 1995, pp. 1873-1879
Racemic (R, S)-4-formyl-5-hydroxy[2.2]paracyclophane (FHPC) was resolv
ed into enantiomers via its Schiff's base with (S)- and (R)-alpha-phen
ylethylamine (alpha-PEAM) and its absolute configuration was determine
d by an X-ray diffraction structural study. Scalemic FHPC or its deriv
atives can be used as chiral auxiliaries for the asymmetric synthesis
of beta-hydroxy-alpha-amino acids and alpha-methylphenylalanine with e
es ranging mostly from 45 to 98%.