Reductive ring cleavage of 1-alkyl-4-benzoylamino-5-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinones with Raney-nickel alloy. Synthesis of N-benzoyl-3-alkylamino-3-phenylalanine amides from rel-(4R,5R)-4-benzoylamino-5-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone
S. Zupancic et al., Reductive ring cleavage of 1-alkyl-4-benzoylamino-5-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinones with Raney-nickel alloy. Synthesis of N-benzoyl-3-alkylamino-3-phenylalanine amides from rel-(4R,5R)-4-benzoylamino-5-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone, J HETERO CH, 36(3), 1999, pp. 607-610
rel-(4R,5R)-3-Benzoylamino-5-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone (1) was alkylated at p
osition 1 with carbonyl compounds 2a-g. The corresponding rel-(4R,5R)-4-ben
zoylamino-5-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone-1-azomethine imines 3a-g, were treated
with sodium borohydride to give rel-(4R,SR)-1-alkyl-4-benzoylamino-5-phenyl
-3-pyrazolidinones 4a-g. Reduction of pyrazolidinones 4a-g with Raney-nicke
l alloy in methanolic potassium hydroxide furnished rel-(4R,SR)-N-benzoyl-3
-alkylamino-3-phenylalanine amides 5a-f.