Sg. Davies et Dj. Dixon, FIRST ASYMMETRIC-SYNTHESIS OF THE KELATORPHAN-LIKE ENKEPHALINASE INHIBITOR )-3'-PHENYLPROPIONYLAMINO]CYCLOHEXANE-1-CARBOXYLIC ACID, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions. I (Print), (17), 1998, pp. 2629-2634
The first asymmetric synthesis of Kelatorphan-like enkephalinase inhib
itor )-3'-phenylpropionylamino]cyclohexane-1-carboxylic acid is achiev
ed using lithium amide (R)-5 and pyrrolidinone auxiliary (R)-6; the py
rrolidinone auxiliary is used to create (2S)-benzylsuccinic acid deriv
ative (S)-4 while lithium amide (R)-5 is used to synthesize tert-butyl
(1S,2R)-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylate 3.