Pd-catalyzed carboamination of oxazolidin-2-ones: a stereoselective route to trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines.

ABSTRACT: Palladium-catalyzed carboamination reactions between aryl bromides and 4-(but-3-enyl)-substituted oxazolidin-2-ones are described. These transformations afford bicyclic oxazolidin-2-one derivatives that can be converted to trans-2,5-disubstituted pyrrolidines in one step. The starting materials are easily prepared from amino acid precursors, and products that contain up to three stereocenters are generated with >20:1 dr.

SUBMITTER: Lemen GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2873168 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature