Preparation of (Z)-3,4-didehydronorvaline, (E)- and (Z)-3,4-didehydroornithine and (E)- and (Z)-3,4-didehydro-2,6-diaminopimelic acid
1990 ◽
Vol 55
(8)
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pp. 2074-2085
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(Z)-3,4-Didehydronorvaline (IIa), (E)- and (Z)-didehydroornithine (VIb and VIa, respectively) and (E)- and (Z)-3,4-didehydro-2,6-diaminopimelic acid (Xb and Xa, respectively) were prepared by addition of Grignard reagents to diethyl acetiminomalonate and subsequent reactions. The mechanism of cyclization of 2-acetamido-2-alkynylmalonate to the oxazoline derivative in a basic medium was studied by 1H NMR spectroscopy.