An enantioselective synthesis of heteroaromatic N-tosyl α-amino acids
Abstract
A new synthesis of optically active β-indolyl and pyrrolyl N-tosyl α-amino acids has been developed which uses readily available starting materials and proceeds with a high degree of enantioselection, giving the α-amino acids with up to 96% enantiomeric purity in 89% yield using 1–5 mol% of a chiral copper(I)–Tol-BINAP catalyst.