An Efficient Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Derivatives

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ABSTRACT

Chiral γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) derivatives are the normal inhibitory neurotransmitters in the mammalian central nervous system. In this paper, enantiopure GABA derivatives 6 were synthesized via reduction/cyclization/hydrolysis cascade reactions from the highly enantioselective β-aryl-γ- ni-troalkanes Michael adducts 4, which was obtained from asymmetric Michael addition of S, S’-diphenyldithiomalonate 2 to trans-β-nitroolefins 1, using novel chiral cinchona alkaloid-derived thioureas 3 as the organocatalysts. This synthesis represents an efficient, highly selective and environmental benign methodology for GABA derivatives.


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Liu, H. , Yuan, J. , Tian, Q. , Ji, N. and He, W. (2017) An Efficient Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Derivatives. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 5, 25-32. doi: 10.4236/msce.2017.58003.

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