A range of substituted pyridyl amino acids have been prepared by palladium catalysed cross-coupling of serine-derived organozinc reagents with differently substituted halopyridines. Following this procedure a DMAP analogue has been synthesised and used as a building block in the preparation of two related tripeptides, which have been tested as catalysts in the kinetic resolution of trans-2-(N-acetylamino)cyclohexan-1-ol, resulting in modest enantioselectivity.

DIANANE (endo,endo-2,5-diaminonorbornane) is a novel chiral C(2)-symmetric diamine, based on the rigid bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane scaffold. Schiff-base ligands derived from DIANANE have already found use in asymmetric catalysis, e.g., in the highly enantioselective Nozaki-Hiyama-Kishi reaction. We herein describe a practical synthesis of enantiomerically pure DIANANE, starting from norbornadiene in four steps: (i) Pd-MOP catalyzed Hayashi-hydrosilylation/Tamao-Fleming oxidation, (ii) oxidation to norbornane-2,5-dione, (iii) endo-selective reductive amination with benzylamine, and (iv) hydrogenolytic debenzylation. None of the steps involves chromatographic purification. For the Tamao-Fleming oxidation, the use of hydrogen peroxide in the form of its urea clathrate instead of aqueous solution proved beneficial. By the above sequence, enantiomerically pure (ee >or=99%) DIANANE was obtained from norbornadiene in 40-50% overall yield. The relative and absolute configuration of DIANANE was confirmed by X-ray crystallography of the DIANANE bis-tosylamide, and of its bis-camphorsulfonamide. Furthermore, the synthesis and X-ray crystal structure of the Schiff-base ligand derived from DIANANE and 3,5-di-tert-butyl salicylic aldehyde are reported.

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Aziridination of α,β-Unsaturated Ketones.-α,β-Unsaturated ketones are aziridinated by [(arenesulfonyl)oxy]carbamates in the presence of CaO or Cs 2 CO 3 or by photolysis of N 3 -COOEt. Moderate diastereoselectivity is observed in reactions using chiral alkenes. Bis-unsaturated substrates show scarce regioselectivity under all conditions. -(FIORAVANTI, S.; PELLA-CANI, L.; TABANELLA, S.; TARDELLA, P. A.; Tetrahedron 54 (1998) 46,