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Concise Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure (1′S,2′R)- and (1′R,2′S)-2S-Amino-3-(2′-aminomethyl-cyclopropyl)propionic Acid: Two E-Diastereoisomers of 4,5-Methano-l-lysine

Timothy M. Altamore A , Oanh T. K. Nguyen A , Quentin I. Churches B , Kate Cavanagh B , Xuan T. T. Nguyen B , Sandhya A. M. Duggan A , Guy Y. Krippner C and Peter J. Duggan B D E
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A School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.

B CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Bag 10, Clayton South, Vic. 3169, Australia.

C Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Vic. 8008, Australia.

D School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, SA 5042, Australia.

E Corresponding author. Email: peter.duggan@csiro.au

Australian Journal of Chemistry 66(9) 1105-1112 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH13309
Submitted: 14 June 2013  Accepted: 15 July 2013   Published: 14 August 2013

Abstract

A concise synthesis of both E-isomers of 2S-amino-3-(2′-aminomethyl-cyclopropyl)propionic acid, new methano-l-lysines, is described. The synthetic route includes nine steps from l-methionine, with a key step involving the cyclopropanation of an intermediate E-allylic alcohol. The resultant hydroxymethylcyclopropanes were readily separated and converted into the title α-amino acids. The stereochemistry around the cyclopropane rings was deduced by conducting the cyclopropanation in the presence of N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyl-d-tartaric acid diamide butylboronate, a chiral controller which is known to favour the production of S-hydroxymethyl cyclopropanes from allylic alcohols.


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