The preparation of meso-2,6-diaminopimelic acid 1 is described. The key ste
p in the synthesis is Suzuki coupling of the novel organoboron homoalanine
equivalent 3 with methyl (2Z)-3-bromo-2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]-2-prop
enoate 5. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.