2-Phenyl- tetrahydropyrimidine- 4(1H)-ones – cyclic benzaldehyde aminals as precursors for functionalised β²-amino acids

• Markus Nahrwold,
• Arvydas Stončius,
• Anna Penner,
• Beate Neumann,
• Hans-Georg Stammler and
• Norbert Sewald

Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2009, 5, No. 43, doi:10.3762/bjoc.5.43

• of stereocentres (SRS); Introduction Monosubstituted β-amino carboxylic acids can be classified according to their substitution pattern into α-substituted “β2-amino acids” and β-substituted “β3-amino acids” [1]. Oligomers of these β-amino acids are called “β-peptides” and tend to form distinct and

• . In the course of this study, an L-asparagine derivative was condensed with benzaldehyde and subsequently converted to orthogonally protected (R)-β2-homoaspartate. Keywords: β2-amino acids; cyclocondensation; diastereoselective alkylation; N,N-acetals; peptidomimetics; ring opening; self-regeneration