Synthesis of 3-Aminonocardicinic Acid, the Basic Nucleus of Nocardicins

Minoru Hatanaka, N. NOGUCHI, Toshiyasu Ishimaru

Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan · 1982 · 15 citations · 9 references

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Abstract A short and high-yielding synthesis of optically active 3-aminonocardicinic acid (3-ANA) is described. The fourth component condensation reaction of N2-protected l-2,3-diaminopropanoic acid with p-benzyloxybenzaldehyde and butyl isocyanide gave directly the amide derivatives of 3-ANA, as a diastereomeric mixture, which was, after conversion of the amide group into the benzhydryl ester, led in good yield to a single disatereomer with natural chirality via epimerization. Deprotection of the 3-ANA derivative gave 3-ANA.

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