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Methods of Non-α-Amino Acid Synthesis, Second Edition
The desymmetrization of dimethyl 3-(benzylamino)glutarate (186) was accom-
plished via aminolysis using lipase B from Candida antarctica. Reaction with ben-
zylamine and the lipase B gave 187 in 92% yield.
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This enantiopure product was
subsequently converted to 3,4-diaminobutanoic acid 188 in ve steps, as shown.
Hofmann rearrangement
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of the amide to the amine was followed by deprotection,
which was complicated by lactam formation, requiring the nal acid hydrolysis
step. Other lipases resolved racemic methyl 3-tert-butoxycarbonylaminobutanoate
and allowed the isolation of (+)-methy ...