Głowacka IE, Trocha A, Wróblewski AE, Piotrowska DG.
N-(1-Phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylate esters in the synthesis of biologically relevant compounds.
Beilstein J Org Chem 2019;
15:1722-1757. [PMID:
31435446 PMCID:
PMC6664392 DOI:
10.3762/bjoc.15.168]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 07/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Since Garner’s aldehyde has several drawbacks, first of all is prone to racemization, alternative three-carbon chirons would be of great value in enantioselective syntheses of natural compounds and/or drugs. This review article summarizes applications of N-(1-phenylethyl)aziridine-2-carboxylates, -carbaldehydes and -methanols in syntheses of approved drugs and potential medications as well as of natural products mostly alkaloids but also sphingoids and ceramides and their 1- and 3-deoxy analogues and several hydroxy amino acids and their precursors. Designed strategies provided new procedures to several drugs and alternative approaches to natural products and proved efficiency of a 2-substituted N-(1-phenylethyl)aziridine framework as chiron bearing a chiral auxiliary.
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