A Facile Synthesis of (2R3S)-1-Amino-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutane;A Useful Component Block of HIV Protease Inhibitor

Abstract
(S)-3-tert-Butoxycarbonylamino-1-nitro-2-oxo-4-phenylbutan 4 was converted to (2R, 3S)-1-amino-3-tert-butoxycarbonylamino-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutane 5a by a catalytic hydrogenation, or NaBH4-TiCl4 reduction followed by hydrogenation in favorable diastereoselectivity, a component of the HIV protease inhibitor VX-478.

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