R. Mazurkiewicz et M. Grymel, N-acyl-alpha-triphenylphosphonioglycinates: A novel cationic glycine equivalent and its reactions with heteroatom nucleophiles, MONATS CHEM, 130(4), 1999, pp. 597-604
Two simple and convenient methods of transforming easily accessible 4-phosp
horanylidene-5(4H)-oxazolones into N-acyl-alpha-triphenylphosphonioglycinat
es are described. N-Acyl-alpha-triphenylphosphonioglycinates react smoothly
with heteroatom nucleophiles in the presence of DBU or triethylamine yield
ing the corresponding alpha-functionalized glycine derivatives.