Enantioselective Synthesis of Pipecolic Acid Derivativesviaan Ene-Iminium Cyclization

Abstract
Optically pure 4-substituted pipecolic acid derivatives (2-piperidinecarboxylic acids) are obtained from (R)-N-(3-butenyl)-2-phenylglycinol by a sequence of reactions whose key step is a nucleophilic-mediated cyclization of an ene-iminium ion. During this step, the structure of the two newly created stereogenic centers is controlled by chiral induction.

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