An Expedient and Practical Method for the Synthesis of a Diverse Series of Cyclopropane α-Amino Acids and Amines

Autor: André B. Charette, Ryan P. Wurz
Rok vydání: 2004
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Zdroj: The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 69:1262-1269
ISSN: 1520-6904
0022-3263
DOI: 10.1021/jo035596y
Popis: A practical synthesis for the preparation of a diverse series of cyclopropane alpha-amino acids is described. Nitrocyclopropane carboxylates can be readily prepared through treatment of alpha-nitroesters and iodobenzene diacetate or alpha-nitro-alpha-diazoesters with a Rh(II) catalyst and an olefin. Reduction of the nitro group using zinc/HCl in i-PrOH affords substituted cyclopropane alpha-amino esters in modest to high yields (54-99%). A "one-pot" procedure involving sequential cyclopropanation and reduction is described. The method can also be applied to the preparation of arylcyclopropyl amines (three examples).
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