

Zr-MEDIATED SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL CYCLIC IMINES AND THEIR APPLICATION IN BETTI REACTIONS

Abstract
A novel synthetic strategy has been outlined to assemble enantiomerically pure Betti bases with unprecedented structures. This involves the Zr-mediated reduction of pyrrolidin-2-ones to cyclic imines and their subsequent reaction with phenolic derivatives.
Keywords
cyclic imines; Schwartz reagent; Betti reaction
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis - Aizkraukles iela, 21, Riga, LV-1006, Latvia - hgs@osi.lv