Abstract: Provided is a dynamic resolution method of enriching a desired isomer of an alpha-substituted carboxylic acid relative to an undesired isomer, the method comprising: (a) in a solvent, contacting the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, wherein the alpha substitution is with a leaving group and wherein the alpha carbon is chiral, with a homochiral amine to form a salt that is partially insoluble under selected reaction conditions, wherein the homochiral amine is selected so that the solubility of the amine salt of the undesired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid is greater than that of the amine salt of the desired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid under the selected reaction conditions; (b) reacting under the selected reaction conditions the salt with a nucleophile, wherein the reacting is effective in producing a net increase in the less soluble amine salt of the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, and wherein the selected conditions are selected to (i) promote nucleophilic substitution of the nucleophile and th

Abstract: This invention describes a process for preparing hydroxyazapirones of Formula I from azapirones of Formula II. The process comprises treating azapirones with a strong base, monitoring enolate formation of the azapirone by IR spectroscopy, and reacting the enolate with a source of molecular oxygen in the presence of a reductant. The process is suitable for large scale production of hydroxyazapirones.

Abstract: This invention describes a process for preparing hydroxyazapirones of Formula I from azapirones of Formula II. The process comprises treating azapirones with a strong base, monitoring enolate formation of the azapirone by IR spectroscopy, and reacting the enolate with a source of molecular oxygen in the presence of a reductant. The process is suitable for large scale production of hydroxyazapirones.

Abstract: Provided is a dynamic resolution method of enriching a desired isomer of an alpha-substituted carboxylic acid relative to an undesired isomer, the method comprising: (a) in a solvent, contacting the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, wherein the alpha substitution is with a leaving group and wherein the alpha carbon is chiral, with a homochiral amine to form a salt that is partially insoluble under selected reaction conditions, wherein the homochiral amine is selected so that the solubility of the amine salt of the undesired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid is greater than that of the amine salt of the desired alpha-substituted carboxylic acid under the selected reaction conditions; (b) reacting under the selected reaction conditions the salt with a nucleophile, wherein the reacting is effective in producing a net increase in the less soluble amine salt of the alpha-substituted carboxylic acid, and wherein the selected conditions are selected to (i) promote nucleophilic substitution of the nucleophile and th

Abstract: The glycinamide of the formula is reacted with the dioxolane of the formula wherein L is a leaving group such as iodo, bromo, alkylsulfonyloxy, or arylsulfonyloxy to give the dioxolane of the formula Treating the dioxolane of formula III under aqueous refluxing conditions followed by exchanging the dioxolane acetal with a dimethoxy acetal and introduction of the methyl ester gives (S)-2-amino-6,6-dimethoxyhexanoic acid, methyl ester which is an intermediate in the preparation of the dual inhibitor [4S-[4&agr;(R*),7&agr;,10a&bgr;]]-octahydro-4-[(2-mercapto-1-oxo-3-phenylpropyl)-amino]-5-oxo-7H-pyrido[2,1-b][1,3]thiazepine-7-carboxylic acid. Also disclosed are storage stable salts of (S)-2-amino-6, 6-dimethoxyhexanoic acid, methyl ester.

Abstract: The glycinamide of the formula is reacted with the dioxolane of the formula wherein L is a leaving group such as iodo, bromo, alkylsulfonyloxy, or arylsulfonyloxy to give the dioxolane of the formula Treating the dioxolane of formula III under aqueous refluxing conditions followed by exchanging the dioxolane acetal with a dimethoxy acetal and introduction of the methyl ester gives (S)-2-amino-6,6-dimethoxyhexanoic acid, methyl ester which is an intermediate in the preparation of the dual inhibitor [4S-[4&agr;(R*),7&agr;, 10a&bgr;]]-)octahydro-4-[(2-mercapto-1-oxo-3-phenylpropy)-amino]-5-oxo-7H-pyrido[2,1-b][1,3]thiazepine-7-carboxylic acid. Also disclosed are storage stable salts of (S)-2-amino-6,6-dimethoxyhexanoic acid, methyl ester.