Carole de Saint-Fuscien, R. Dodd
Apr 22, 2000
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Tetrahedron Letters
Abstract
Abstract Conjugate addition of benzylamine to 2-(5 H )-furanon-3-yl methanesulfonate in methanol afforded a 7:1 mixture of the trans and cis methyl N -benzyl-2-hydroxymethylaziridine-2-carboxylates 7 and 8 , respectively. Treatment of 7 with benzyl alcohol in the presence of BF 3 ·OEt 2 then furnished, after hydrogenolysis, rac–cis α-amino-β-hydroxy-γ-butyrolactone ( 1 ).