Constrained aminols from oxazanorbornene derivatives have the geometrical features to be used as β-turn inducers. Four different stereoisomers were prepared and spectroscopically characterized (MD calculations, NMR-titration and VT-NMR experiments). Temperature coefficients in DMSO are indicative for the existence of an intramolecular hydrogen bond. Chirooptical properties revealed a β-turn arrangement of all the synthesized compounds, where, depending on the absolute configuration of the cyclopentane spacer, they can be labeled as left- or right-handed turns.
Keywords: Diels-Alder reactions; amino alcohols; cycloadditions; nitrosocarbonyl compounds; β-turn inducers.
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