Enantioselective synthesis of α-perfluoroalkylated prolines, their 6,7-membered homologues and derivatives

Enantioselective synthesis of α-perfluoroalkylated cyclic amino acids and their derivatives was elaborated using the organocatalytic Strecker reaction with 5-7 membered cyclic ketimines. The prepared amino nitriles could be transformed into chiral Rf-prolines and their 6,7-membered homologues as well as their corresponding amides and diamines (yields up to 99%, up to >99% ee). © The Royal Society of Chemistry