Enantiopure fluorine
containing β-amino acids are of large
biological and pharmaceutical interest. Strategies to prepare β-amino
acid derivatives possessing a F-containing tetrasubstituted stereocenter
at the α-C atom in a catalytic asymmetric sense are rare, in
particular using an enantioselective electrophilic C–F bond
formation. In the present study, a highly enantioselective palladacycle-catalyzed
fluorination of isoxazolinones was developed. It is demonstrated that
isoxazolinones are useful precursors toward enantiopure β-amino
acid derivatives by diastereo- and chemoselective reduction. The formed
γ-aminoalcohols served as valuable precursors toward β-amino
acids, β-amino acid esters, and β-lactams, all featuring
tetrasubstituted fluorinated stereocenters. In addition, by this work,
enantioenriched fluorinated azetidines were accessible for the first
time.