Dg. Morris et Ks. Ryder, A VIABLE ROUTE TO EXO-2-BENZYLIMINOBORNAN-3-OL - A KEY INTERMEDIATE IN THE SYNTHESIS OF A CHIRAL AUXILIARY, Synthesis, (6), 1997, pp. 620
A new synthesis of the title compound 2 has been achieved in which ben
zylamine reacts with the never hydroxy N'-nitroimine 6 with concomitan
t evolution of nitrous oxide, whereas the published reaction between b
enzylamine and the corresponding ketone 4 does noe occur reproducibly.