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7945434 
Journal Article 
Enantiomerically pure beta-amino acids: A convenient access to both enantiomers of trans-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid 
Berkessel, A; Glaubitz, K; Lex, J 
2002 
Yes 
European Journal of Organic Chemistry
ISSN: 1434-193X
EISSN: 1099-0690 
2002 
17 
2948-2952 
English 
WOS:000177889900011 
Enantiomerically pure trans-2-aminocyclohexanecarboxylic acid is an important building block for helical β-peptides. We report here that this amino acid can be obtained from trans-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid in good yield by a simple one-pot procedure comprising cyclization to the anhydride, amide formation with ammonia, and a subsequent Hofmann-type degradation with phenyliodine(III) bis(trifluoroacetate) (PIFA) as the oxidant. The N-Fmoc- and N-BOC-protected derivatives were obtained by treatment of the amino acid with Fmoc-OSu and BOC2O, respectively. The N-BOC derivative could be prepared in even better overall yield by a one-pot procedure leading directly from trans-cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid to the N-BOC-protected amino acid. Both enantiomers of the starting trans-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid can be obtained easily and in large quantities by separating commercially available racemic trans-1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid using either (R)- or (S)-1-phenethylamine. X-ray crystallography of the diastereomerically pure salt obtained from (R)-1-phenethylamine revealed that the configuration of the diacid component is (1R,2R), and not (1S,2S) as reported in the literature. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, 69451 Weinheim, Germany, 2002. 
amino acids; amides; carboxylic acids; chiral resolution; oxidation