Abstract
The asymmetric synthesis of both the enantiomer of chiral amines from the single chiral source of N-tert-butylsulfinylaldimines (3) by simply changing the organometallic reagents through diastereoselective addition. An efficient enantioselective synthesis of chiral amines including (S)-3-methyl-1-(2-piperidin-1-yl-phenyl)butyl amine (6a), a key intermediate to prepare antidiabetic drug repaglinide (1), is reported.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The authors greatly acknowledge Mr. Venkat Jasti, CEO, Suven Life Sciences Ltd., Hyderabad, for providing excellent facilities to carry out this work.