Enantioselective synthesis of fluorinated alpha-amino acids and derivatives in combination with ring-closing metathesis: intramolecular pi-stacking interactions as a source of stereocontrol.

[reaction: see text]. Hydride reduction of C=N bonds stereocontrolled by intramolecular pi-stacking interactions of 1-naphthylsulfinyl and N-aryl groups, nonoxidative Pummerer rearrangement, and ring-closing metathesis are efficiently combined in a highly stereoselective entry to enantiomerically pure cyclic and acyclic fluorinated beta-amino alcohols and alpha-amino acid derivatives, respectively.

A novel heterocyclic sulfonamide: N-benzyl-5-[N-benzyl-N-(tert-butyloxycarbonyl)amino]-N-(tert-butyloxycarbonyl)-1,3,4-thiadiazole-2-sulfonamide.

The title compound, C(26)H(32)N(4)O(6)S(2), is a heterocyclic sulfonamide which is a 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivative. Structural data for this compound are compared with those of related compounds.

1-Chloro-1,1-difluoro-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(pyrrolidin-2-ylidene)propan-2-imine.

In the title compound, C(14)H(15)ClF(2)N(2)O, the Z configuration has been confirmed. The molecular structure shows an intramolecular N-H.N hydrogen bond [H.N 2.04 (6), N.N 2.709 (6) A and N-H.N 124 (5) degrees ]. This interaction could be responsible for the Z configuration.