
149Biologically Important Amino Acids
ammonium hydroxide followed by reaction with an acidic resin in water to convert
the alkenyl moiety to an alcohol gave GABOB.
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A “heterocycle” strategy can also be used to prepare GABOB. A [3+2]-cycloaddi-
tion
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reaction between 132 (prepared from glyoxylic acid)
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and N-acetyl allylamine
generated dihydroisoxazole 133.
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Treatment with methanolic potassium carbonate
gave lactam 134, and catalytic hydrogenation over Raney nickel opened the ring to
give the N-acetyl methyl ester of GABOB (135). Acid hydrolysis liberated GABOB.
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CO
2
H
OH
N
Cl
OH
O
N
O
N
AcHN
CO
2
Me
H
2
N
CO
2
H
Cl
NHAc
Cl
NHAc
HO
HO
t-BuOCl
20 h
NCS
DMF ...