A simple method removing 2-oxazolidinone and 2-hydroxyethylamine auxiliaries in methoxide-carbonate systems for synthesis of planar-chiral nicotinate

A facile and practical removal of 2-oxazolidinone and 2-hydroxyethylamine auxiliaries was accomplished by treating the corresponding N-acyl-2-oxazolidin one and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)amide derivatives in simple methoxide-carbonate systems. The presence of excess DMC (dimethyl carbonate) accelerates the N-acyl bond cleavage for those substrates under mild reaction conditions, and the present method was found to be useful especially for the synthesis of planar-chiral nicotinate. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.