“…Usually, the hydantoins are prepared from the corresponding ketone following the Bucherer–Bergs conditions and are then hydrolyzed chemically or enzymatically. This approach is generally used to prepare quaternary , and constrained amino acids, ,,,− such as spiro structures, − which can then find applications as potent bioactive compounds, − as peptidomimetics for peptide modification, ,,− or as intermediates in the synthesis of natural products . In this section, we will present the different methods to prepare amino acids from hydantoins (Scheme ).…”