Jidong Wang, Yoshio Okada, Wei Li, Toshio Yokoi and Jintao Zhu
2,2-Difluoro-1,3,2-oxazaborolidin-5-ones 1, which are synthesized
from BF3 and salts of amino acids, are highly effective,
convenient and, moreover, inexpensive intermediates for the simultaneous
protection of both α-amino and α-carboxy groups in
α-amino acids. The new method streamlines the hitherto tedious
procedures for side-chain protection of Ser and Thr.
Ser(But),
Thr(But
), Ser(Bzl) and Thr(Bzl) are obtained
by this procedure in high yields and in pure form using highly reactive
reagents.