A. Mckillop et al., AN IMPROVED PROCEDURE FOR THE PREPARATION OF THE GARNER ALDEHYDE AND ITS USE FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF N-PROTECTED 1-HALO-2-(R)-AMINO-3-BUTENES, Synthesis, (1), 1994, pp. 31-33
An improved procedure for the preparation of 1,1-dimethylethyl 2,2-dim
ethyl-4-(S)-formyloxazolidine-3-carboxylate (Garner aldehyde) is descr
ibed which avoids the need for methyl iodide and benzene. Elaboration
of this aldehyde into the novel chiral building blocks mentioned in th
e title is also described.