A palladium-catalyzed enantioselective three-component reaction of glyoxylic acid, sulfonamides and aryltrifluoroborates is described. This process provides modular access to the important α-arylglycine motif in moderate to good yields and enantioselectivies. The formed α-arylglycine products constitute useful building blocks for the synthesis of peptides or arylglycine-containing natural products.
Keywords: Petasis reaction; amino acids; asymmetric catalysis; multicomponent reaction; palladium catalysis; sulfonamides.
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