C. Alvarezibarra et al., REACTION OF N-[BIS(METHYLTHIO)METHYLENE]GLYCINATES WITH ELECTRON-DEFICIENT ALKYNES, SYNTHESIS OF (Z)-ALPHA,BETA-DIDEHYDROGLUTAMIC ACID-DERIVATIVES, Tetrahedron letters, 38(25), 1997, pp. 4501-4502
The addition of either the alkaline enolates of the glycinates 1 or th
eir naked enolates to electron defficient alkynes allows for the synth
esis of substituted (Z)-alpha,beta-didehydroglutamic acid derivatives
7 via a Michael addition/1,3-prototropic rearrangement sequence. (C) 1
997 Elsevier Science Ltd.