Marko Skof

Stereoselective Amination of 5‐Substituted γ‐Lactones and γ‐Lactams – A Convenient Route for the Preparation of 5‐Substituted (3S,5S)‐3‐Acetylaminotetrahydrofuran‐2‐ones and (3S,5S)‐3‐Acetylaminopyrrolidin‐2‐ones

5-Substituted (S)-tetrahydrofuran-2-ones (1a,b) and (S)-pyrrolidin-2-ones (1c,d) were transformed in three steps, by treatment with tert-butoxybis(dimethylamino)methane (Brederecks reagent), followed by nitrosation and stereoselective catalytic hydrogenation, into the corresponding 5-substituted (3S,5S)-3-acetylaminotetrahydrofuran-2-ones (4a,b) and (3S,5S)-3-acetylaminopyrrolidin-2-ones (4c,d).

Novel approach to the synthesis of 3-acyl substituted indolizines. The synthesis of 3-(indolizinyl-2)alanine and 4-(indolizinyl-3) homoalanine derivatives

A novel approach to the synthesis of 3-acylindolizines and the transformations of some acids into tryptophane analogues are described. Reaction of ethyl 2-pyridinylacetate and methyl 2-quinolinylacetate with N-trifluoroacetyl-5-bromo-4-oxonorvaline methylester led to N-trifluoroacetyl-3-(1-ethoxycarbonylindolizinyl-2) alanine methyl ester and N-trifluoroacetyl-3-(3-methoxycarbonylpyrrolo [1,2-a]quinolinyl-2) alanine methyl ester, respectively. Treatment of ethyl 2-pyridinylacetate and 2-pyridinylacetonitrile, first with N,N-dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (DMFDMA), followed by reaction with phenacyl bromide, gave the corresponding 3-benzoylindolizines, while the reaction of ethyl 2-pyridinylacetate and 2-pyridinylacetonitrile with DMFDMA, followed by treatment with (S)-N-trifluoroacetyl-5-bromo-4-oxonorvaline methyl ester, gave the corresponding N-trifluoroacetyl-4-oxo-4-(indolizinyl-3)homoalanine methyl esters.