A range of protected a-heterosubstituted analogues of glycine were syn
thesised from starting materials of the type CHFX-CONHR [X = Cl, Br, I
; R = CH2Ph, (S)-CHMePh]; the final products included derivatives of g
lycine possessing N, O, F or S in the alpha-position, and the first ex
ample of a free alpha-fluoro-alpha-amino acid (alpha-fluorobetaine) wh
ose structure was confirmed by X-ray crystal structure determination.
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