ABSTRACT
Racemic derivatives of α-amino acid β,γ-thioenol ethers have been synthesized from homoserine through a γ-elimination on a sulfoxide derived from aspartaldehyde. Optically active derivatives were efficiently prepared from L-methionine by a Pummerer like reaction.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We thank Dr N. Sellier (Service de Spectrométrie de Masse de l'ENSCP) for MS analyses.