organic compounds
(2S)-Ethyl 2-[(Ss)-benzylsulfinylamino]-3,3-dimethylbutanoate
aDepartment of Chemistry of Natural Drugs, School of Pharmacy, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China, bShanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China, and cDepartment of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
*Correspondence e-mail: sunxunf@shmu.edu.cn
The title compound, C15H23NO3S, is an unexpected 1,3-migration product in the addition of benzylzinc bromide to N-tert-butanesulfinyl iminoacetate. In the molecules are linked by N—H⋯O hydrogen bonds and weak C—H⋯O hydrogen bonds.
Related literature
For general background, see: Ellman et al. (2002); Lin et al. (2008); Daniel & Stockman (2006). For the synthesis of the titled compound, see: Sun et al. (2008).
Experimental
Crystal data
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Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001); cell SAINT (Bruker, 2001); data reduction: SAINT; program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL.
Supporting information
10.1107/S1600536808028717/zl2133sup1.cif
contains datablocks I, global. DOI:Structure factors: contains datablock I. DOI: 10.1107/S1600536808028717/zl2133Isup2.hkl
To a solution of ethyl N-(tert-butanesulfinyl)iminoacetate (1 mmol) and Ni(acac)2 (10 mol%) in anhydrous THF (10 ml) was added freshly prepared benzylzinc bromide (2.5 ml, 1 M in THF) at 195 K under an argon atmosphere. Then the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature. After stirring for another 6 h, the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl (4 ml). The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (10 ml) twice. The combined organic phases were washed with brine and dried with anhydrous Na2SO4. After concentrating under reduced pressure, the residue was purified by silica gel α]D25 132.2 (c = 0.60, CHCl3). 1H NMR (δ, CDCl3) 7.31-7.42 (m, 5H), 4.33 (d, J = 9.0, 1H), 4.12-4.20 (m, 2H), 4.03 (s, 2H), 3.48 (d, J = 9.0, 1H), 1.24 (t, J = 7.0, 3H), 0.83 (s, 9H). HRMS for (C15H23NO3S) found 289.1469, Calcd 289.1477.
to give the title compound (yield: 47%). Suitable crystals were obtained by recrystallization from acetone (m.p. 421–423 K). [Hydrogen atoms bonded to carbon were generated geometrically (C—H = 0.93, 0.98, 0.97 or 0.96 Å for phenyl, tertiary, methylene or methyl H atoms respectively) and refined in the riding model approximation. The hydrogen atom bound to the N atom was located from a difference density Fourier map, was refined isotropically and the N—H distance was restrained to 0.86 (2) Å. The displacement parameters of methyl H atoms were set to 1.5 times Ueq of the equivalent isotropic displacement parameters of their parent atoms, while those of other H atoms bound to C were set to 1.2 times Ueq.
Data collection: SMART (Bruker, 2001); cell
SMART (Bruker, 2001); data reduction: SAINT (Bruker, 2001); program(s) used to solve structure: SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008); program(s) used to refine structure: SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008); molecular graphics: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008); software used to prepare material for publication: SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).C15H23NO3S | F(000) = 320 |
Mr = 297.40 | Dx = 1.189 Mg m−3 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation, λ = 0.71073 Å |
Hall symbol: P 2yb | Cell parameters from 1845 reflections |
a = 11.166 (2) Å | θ = 3.4–23.9° |
b = 7.1917 (14) Å | µ = 0.20 mm−1 |
c = 11.460 (2) Å | T = 293 K |
β = 115.473 (3)° | Prismatic, colorless |
V = 830.8 (3) Å3 | 0.49 × 0.41 × 0.17 mm |
Z = 2 |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3221 independent reflections |
Radiation source: fine-focus sealed tube | 2661 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Graphite monochromator | Rint = 0.120 |
ϕ and ω scans | θmax = 27.0°, θmin = 2.0° |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) | h = −11→14 |
Tmin = 0.908, Tmax = 0.967 | k = −8→9 |
4782 measured reflections | l = −14→13 |
Refinement on F2 | Secondary atom site location: difference Fourier map |
Least-squares matrix: full | Hydrogen site location: inferred from neighbouring sites |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.055 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.134 | w = 1/[σ2(Fo2) + (0.0662P)2] where P = (Fo2 + 2Fc2)/3 |
S = 0.97 | (Δ/σ)max = 0.001 |
3221 reflections | Δρmax = 0.43 e Å−3 |
189 parameters | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
2 restraints | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1295 Friedel pairs |
Primary atom site location: structure-invariant direct methods | Absolute structure parameter: −0.09 (11) |
C15H23NO3S | V = 830.8 (3) Å3 |
Mr = 297.40 | Z = 2 |
Monoclinic, P21 | Mo Kα radiation |
a = 11.166 (2) Å | µ = 0.20 mm−1 |
b = 7.1917 (14) Å | T = 293 K |
c = 11.460 (2) Å | 0.49 × 0.41 × 0.17 mm |
β = 115.473 (3)° |
Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer | 3221 independent reflections |
Absorption correction: multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) | 2661 reflections with I > 2σ(I) |
Tmin = 0.908, Tmax = 0.967 | Rint = 0.120 |
4782 measured reflections |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)] = 0.055 | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
wR(F2) = 0.134 | Δρmax = 0.43 e Å−3 |
S = 0.97 | Δρmin = −0.23 e Å−3 |
3221 reflections | Absolute structure: Flack (1983), 1295 Friedel pairs |
189 parameters | Absolute structure parameter: −0.09 (11) |
2 restraints |
Geometry. All e.s.d.'s (except the e.s.d. in the dihedral angle between two l.s. planes) are estimated using the full covariance matrix. The cell e.s.d.'s are taken into account individually in the estimation of e.s.d.'s in distances, angles and torsion angles; correlations between e.s.d.'s in cell parameters are only used when they are defined by crystal symmetry. An approximate (isotropic) treatment of cell e.s.d.'s is used for estimating e.s.d.'s involving l.s. planes. |
Refinement. Refinement of F2 against ALL reflections. The weighted R-factor wR and goodness of fit S are based on F2, conventional R-factors R are based on F, with F set to zero for negative F2. The threshold expression of F2 > σ(F2) is used only for calculating R-factors(gt) etc. and is not relevant to the choice of reflections for refinement. R-factors based on F2 are statistically about twice as large as those based on F, and R- factors based on ALL data will be even larger. |
x | y | z | Uiso*/Ueq | ||
S1 | 0.04167 (7) | 0.26178 (12) | 0.67424 (6) | 0.0442 (2) | |
O1 | 0.3061 (3) | 0.0339 (4) | 0.5596 (3) | 0.0741 (8) | |
O2 | 0.4124 (3) | 0.2630 (5) | 0.6946 (2) | 0.0696 (7) | |
O3 | 0.0313 (3) | 0.3869 (4) | 0.5670 (2) | 0.0665 (7) | |
N1 | 0.1252 (2) | 0.0717 (4) | 0.6804 (2) | 0.0420 (6) | |
C1 | 0.2690 (3) | 0.0814 (4) | 0.7500 (3) | 0.0397 (6) | |
H1 | 0.2901 | 0.1873 | 0.8094 | 0.048* | |
C2 | 0.3305 (3) | 0.1206 (5) | 0.6568 (3) | 0.0501 (8) | |
C3 | 0.4801 (5) | 0.3093 (8) | 0.6131 (5) | 0.0923 (17) | |
H3A | 0.5348 | 0.2058 | 0.6108 | 0.111* | |
H3B | 0.4155 | 0.3353 | 0.5255 | 0.111* | |
C4 | 0.5613 (6) | 0.4705 (9) | 0.6677 (5) | 0.108 (2) | |
H4A | 0.5056 | 0.5775 | 0.6547 | 0.162* | |
H4B | 0.6189 | 0.4900 | 0.6263 | 0.162* | |
H4C | 0.6136 | 0.4516 | 0.7586 | 0.162* | |
C5 | 0.3281 (3) | −0.0954 (5) | 0.8332 (3) | 0.0478 (7) | |
C6 | 0.4791 (4) | −0.0865 (6) | 0.8887 (4) | 0.0681 (10) | |
H6A | 0.5167 | −0.1912 | 0.9445 | 0.102* | |
H6B | 0.5099 | 0.0264 | 0.9371 | 0.102* | |
H6C | 0.5057 | −0.0892 | 0.8194 | 0.102* | |
C7 | 0.2792 (4) | −0.2720 (5) | 0.7539 (4) | 0.0649 (10) | |
H7A | 0.3185 | −0.3781 | 0.8076 | 0.097* | |
H7B | 0.3039 | −0.2702 | 0.6833 | 0.097* | |
H7C | 0.1844 | −0.2791 | 0.7206 | 0.097* | |
C8 | 0.2833 (4) | −0.0948 (6) | 0.9414 (3) | 0.0653 (10) | |
H8A | 0.1882 | −0.0909 | 0.9048 | 0.098* | |
H8B | 0.3191 | 0.0124 | 0.9952 | 0.098* | |
H8C | 0.3145 | −0.2055 | 0.9924 | 0.098* | |
C9 | −0.1205 (3) | 0.1504 (5) | 0.6172 (3) | 0.0513 (8) | |
H9A | −0.1880 | 0.2455 | 0.5975 | 0.062* | |
H9B | −0.1384 | 0.0834 | 0.5380 | 0.062* | |
C10 | −0.1293 (3) | 0.0198 (5) | 0.7130 (3) | 0.0494 (8) | |
C11 | −0.1140 (4) | −0.1679 (6) | 0.7036 (4) | 0.0664 (10) | |
H11 | −0.1014 | −0.2145 | 0.6340 | 0.080* | |
C12 | −0.1169 (5) | −0.2890 (6) | 0.7960 (5) | 0.0895 (15) | |
H12 | −0.1062 | −0.4161 | 0.7885 | 0.107* | |
C13 | −0.1357 (5) | −0.2210 (10) | 0.8991 (5) | 0.0940 (15) | |
H13 | −0.1374 | −0.3023 | 0.9615 | 0.113* | |
C14 | −0.1515 (5) | −0.0390 (8) | 0.9098 (5) | 0.0903 (16) | |
H14 | −0.1651 | 0.0056 | 0.9794 | 0.108* | |
C15 | −0.1479 (4) | 0.0835 (6) | 0.8193 (4) | 0.0702 (11) | |
H15 | −0.1579 | 0.2101 | 0.8289 | 0.084* | |
H1A | 0.102 (3) | 0.001 (3) | 0.614 (2) | 0.049 (7)* |
U11 | U22 | U33 | U12 | U13 | U23 | |
S1 | 0.0470 (4) | 0.0432 (4) | 0.0420 (3) | 0.0052 (4) | 0.0189 (3) | 0.0057 (4) |
O1 | 0.0850 (19) | 0.095 (2) | 0.0564 (14) | −0.0256 (17) | 0.0441 (13) | −0.0240 (15) |
O2 | 0.0750 (16) | 0.0817 (16) | 0.0677 (13) | −0.0294 (18) | 0.0455 (12) | −0.0137 (18) |
O3 | 0.0640 (16) | 0.0639 (16) | 0.0641 (15) | 0.0019 (13) | 0.0206 (12) | 0.0255 (13) |
N1 | 0.0404 (14) | 0.0454 (15) | 0.0379 (12) | −0.0008 (11) | 0.0146 (11) | −0.0041 (11) |
C1 | 0.0383 (15) | 0.0425 (17) | 0.0387 (14) | −0.0046 (13) | 0.0168 (12) | −0.0055 (13) |
C2 | 0.0424 (17) | 0.060 (2) | 0.0489 (18) | −0.0037 (16) | 0.0205 (14) | −0.0013 (16) |
C3 | 0.098 (4) | 0.119 (5) | 0.086 (3) | −0.040 (3) | 0.065 (3) | −0.019 (3) |
C4 | 0.105 (4) | 0.132 (5) | 0.112 (4) | −0.035 (4) | 0.070 (3) | 0.001 (3) |
C5 | 0.0499 (18) | 0.0452 (17) | 0.0415 (16) | 0.0018 (15) | 0.0132 (13) | −0.0001 (14) |
C6 | 0.048 (2) | 0.073 (2) | 0.064 (2) | 0.0088 (19) | 0.0065 (17) | 0.002 (2) |
C7 | 0.067 (2) | 0.048 (3) | 0.067 (2) | 0.0015 (18) | 0.0159 (17) | −0.0079 (17) |
C8 | 0.080 (3) | 0.067 (2) | 0.0490 (19) | 0.004 (2) | 0.0276 (18) | 0.0121 (18) |
C9 | 0.0421 (17) | 0.065 (2) | 0.0451 (16) | 0.0087 (16) | 0.0174 (14) | 0.0066 (15) |
C10 | 0.0369 (17) | 0.059 (2) | 0.0522 (18) | −0.0030 (14) | 0.0190 (14) | 0.0005 (15) |
C11 | 0.062 (2) | 0.070 (3) | 0.064 (2) | −0.0145 (19) | 0.0243 (18) | −0.0035 (18) |
C12 | 0.092 (4) | 0.058 (3) | 0.113 (4) | −0.018 (2) | 0.038 (3) | 0.011 (2) |
C13 | 0.086 (3) | 0.108 (4) | 0.094 (3) | −0.021 (4) | 0.044 (2) | 0.033 (4) |
C14 | 0.095 (4) | 0.121 (5) | 0.077 (3) | −0.006 (3) | 0.057 (3) | 0.012 (3) |
C15 | 0.074 (3) | 0.075 (3) | 0.074 (2) | −0.001 (2) | 0.043 (2) | −0.002 (2) |
S1—O3 | 1.487 (2) | C6—H6C | 0.9600 |
S1—N1 | 1.639 (3) | C7—H7A | 0.9600 |
S1—C9 | 1.824 (4) | C7—H7B | 0.9600 |
O1—C2 | 1.201 (4) | C7—H7C | 0.9600 |
O2—C2 | 1.316 (4) | C8—H8A | 0.9600 |
O2—C3 | 1.471 (4) | C8—H8B | 0.9600 |
N1—C1 | 1.455 (4) | C8—H8C | 0.9600 |
N1—H1A | 0.859 (17) | C9—C10 | 1.480 (5) |
C1—C2 | 1.523 (4) | C9—H9A | 0.9700 |
C1—C5 | 1.555 (4) | C9—H9B | 0.9700 |
C1—H1 | 0.9800 | C10—C11 | 1.371 (5) |
C3—C4 | 1.439 (7) | C10—C15 | 1.398 (5) |
C3—H3A | 0.9700 | C11—C12 | 1.382 (6) |
C3—H3B | 0.9700 | C11—H11 | 0.9300 |
C4—H4A | 0.9600 | C12—C13 | 1.375 (7) |
C4—H4B | 0.9600 | C12—H12 | 0.9300 |
C4—H4C | 0.9600 | C13—C14 | 1.334 (8) |
C5—C7 | 1.520 (5) | C13—H13 | 0.9300 |
C5—C8 | 1.524 (5) | C14—C15 | 1.374 (6) |
C5—C6 | 1.526 (5) | C14—H14 | 0.9300 |
C6—H6A | 0.9600 | C15—H15 | 0.9300 |
C6—H6B | 0.9600 | ||
O3—S1—N1 | 112.37 (15) | H6A—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
O3—S1—C9 | 104.90 (15) | H6B—C6—H6C | 109.5 |
N1—S1—C9 | 96.19 (15) | C5—C7—H7A | 109.5 |
C2—O2—C3 | 116.2 (3) | C5—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C1—N1—S1 | 117.2 (2) | H7A—C7—H7B | 109.5 |
C1—N1—H1A | 111.1 (19) | C5—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
S1—N1—H1A | 120.2 (19) | H7A—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C2 | 110.4 (2) | H7B—C7—H7C | 109.5 |
N1—C1—C5 | 111.9 (2) | C5—C8—H8A | 109.5 |
C2—C1—C5 | 112.4 (3) | C5—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
N1—C1—H1 | 107.3 | H8A—C8—H8B | 109.5 |
C2—C1—H1 | 107.3 | C5—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
C5—C1—H1 | 107.3 | H8A—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
O1—C2—O2 | 123.9 (3) | H8B—C8—H8C | 109.5 |
O1—C2—C1 | 124.3 (3) | C10—C9—S1 | 112.7 (2) |
O2—C2—C1 | 111.8 (3) | C10—C9—H9A | 109.1 |
C4—C3—O2 | 107.8 (4) | S1—C9—H9A | 109.1 |
C4—C3—H3A | 110.1 | C10—C9—H9B | 109.1 |
O2—C3—H3A | 110.1 | S1—C9—H9B | 109.1 |
C4—C3—H3B | 110.1 | H9A—C9—H9B | 107.8 |
O2—C3—H3B | 110.1 | C11—C10—C15 | 117.5 (4) |
H3A—C3—H3B | 108.5 | C11—C10—C9 | 121.1 (3) |
C3—C4—H4A | 109.5 | C15—C10—C9 | 121.4 (3) |
C3—C4—H4B | 109.5 | C10—C11—C12 | 121.0 (4) |
H4A—C4—H4B | 109.5 | C10—C11—H11 | 119.5 |
C3—C4—H4C | 109.5 | C12—C11—H11 | 119.5 |
H4A—C4—H4C | 109.5 | C13—C12—C11 | 119.8 (4) |
H4B—C4—H4C | 109.5 | C13—C12—H12 | 120.1 |
C7—C5—C8 | 109.2 (3) | C11—C12—H12 | 120.1 |
C7—C5—C6 | 109.4 (3) | C14—C13—C12 | 120.2 (4) |
C8—C5—C6 | 110.6 (3) | C14—C13—H13 | 119.9 |
C7—C5—C1 | 111.6 (2) | C12—C13—H13 | 119.9 |
C8—C5—C1 | 107.2 (3) | C13—C14—C15 | 120.8 (5) |
C6—C5—C1 | 108.8 (3) | C13—C14—H14 | 119.6 |
C5—C6—H6A | 109.5 | C15—C14—H14 | 119.6 |
C5—C6—H6B | 109.5 | C14—C15—C10 | 120.8 (4) |
H6A—C6—H6B | 109.5 | C14—C15—H15 | 119.6 |
C5—C6—H6C | 109.5 | C10—C15—H15 | 119.6 |
O3—S1—N1—C1 | 84.8 (2) | N1—C1—C5—C6 | 172.6 (3) |
C9—S1—N1—C1 | −166.3 (2) | C2—C1—C5—C6 | 47.8 (3) |
S1—N1—C1—C2 | −95.2 (3) | O3—S1—C9—C10 | −179.6 (3) |
S1—N1—C1—C5 | 138.8 (2) | N1—S1—C9—C10 | 65.2 (3) |
C3—O2—C2—O1 | −2.6 (6) | S1—C9—C10—C11 | −99.0 (4) |
C3—O2—C2—C1 | 178.3 (4) | S1—C9—C10—C15 | 78.2 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—O1 | −51.2 (4) | C15—C10—C11—C12 | 0.1 (6) |
C5—C1—C2—O1 | 74.6 (4) | C9—C10—C11—C12 | 177.4 (4) |
N1—C1—C2—O2 | 128.0 (3) | C10—C11—C12—C13 | 0.1 (7) |
C5—C1—C2—O2 | −106.3 (3) | C11—C12—C13—C14 | 0.2 (8) |
C2—O2—C3—C4 | 178.3 (4) | C12—C13—C14—C15 | −0.7 (9) |
N1—C1—C5—C7 | 51.8 (3) | C13—C14—C15—C10 | 0.9 (7) |
C2—C1—C5—C7 | −73.1 (4) | C11—C10—C15—C14 | −0.5 (6) |
N1—C1—C5—C8 | −67.8 (3) | C9—C10—C15—C14 | −177.8 (4) |
C2—C1—C5—C8 | 167.4 (3) |
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C7—H7B···O1 | 0.96 | 2.61 | 3.234 (5) | 123 |
C9—H9B···O3i | 0.97 | 2.48 | 3.296 (5) | 142 |
N1—H1A···O3i | 0.86 (2) | 2.13 (2) | 2.932 (3) | 156 (3) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Experimental details
Crystal data | |
Chemical formula | C15H23NO3S |
Mr | 297.40 |
Crystal system, space group | Monoclinic, P21 |
Temperature (K) | 293 |
a, b, c (Å) | 11.166 (2), 7.1917 (14), 11.460 (2) |
β (°) | 115.473 (3) |
V (Å3) | 830.8 (3) |
Z | 2 |
Radiation type | Mo Kα |
µ (mm−1) | 0.20 |
Crystal size (mm) | 0.49 × 0.41 × 0.17 |
Data collection | |
Diffractometer | Bruker SMART APEX CCD area-detector diffractometer |
Absorption correction | Multi-scan (SADABS; Bruker, 2001) |
Tmin, Tmax | 0.908, 0.967 |
No. of measured, independent and observed [I > 2σ(I)] reflections | 4782, 3221, 2661 |
Rint | 0.120 |
(sin θ/λ)max (Å−1) | 0.639 |
Refinement | |
R[F2 > 2σ(F2)], wR(F2), S | 0.055, 0.134, 0.97 |
No. of reflections | 3221 |
No. of parameters | 189 |
No. of restraints | 2 |
H-atom treatment | H atoms treated by a mixture of independent and constrained refinement |
Δρmax, Δρmin (e Å−3) | 0.43, −0.23 |
Absolute structure | Flack (1983), 1295 Friedel pairs |
Absolute structure parameter | −0.09 (11) |
Computer programs: SMART (Bruker, 2001), SMART (Bruker, 2001), SAINT (Bruker, 2001), SHELXS97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXL97 (Sheldrick, 2008), SHELXTL (Sheldrick, 2008).
D—H···A | D—H | H···A | D···A | D—H···A |
C7—H7B···O1 | 0.96 | 2.61 | 3.234 (5) | 122.8 |
C9—H9B···O3i | 0.97 | 2.48 | 3.296 (5) | 142.2 |
N1—H1A···O3i | 0.859 (17) | 2.13 (2) | 2.932 (3) | 156 (3) |
Symmetry code: (i) −x, y−1/2, −z+1. |
Acknowledgements
The work was financially supported by the National Science Foundation of China (grant No. 20772017) and the Shanghai Municipal Committee of Science and Technology (grant No. 07DZ19713).
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N-tert-Butanesulfinylamide has received considerable attention in the auxiliary-aided asymmetric synthesis of a broad range of chiral amines (Ellman et al., 2002; Stockman et al., 2006; Lin et al., 2008). In our research on the asymmetric addition of organozinc reagents to chiral N-tert-butanesulfinyl iminoacetates, an unexpected rearrangement product was obtained instead of the desired nucleophilic addition product. The structure of the compound obtained by 1,3-migration of the tert-butyl group was determined to be (2S)-ethyl 3,3-dimethyl-2-((Ss)-benzylsulfinylamino)butanoate. The reaction sequence (Sun et al., 2008) is briefly shown in Fig. 4. The absolute configuration at the sulfur atom (as determined by the Flack parameter) is S as in the starting material. The new chiral center at C1 also exhibits an S-configuration. We believe this unusual rearrangement reaction could be developed to be a novel and convenient approach to prepare tert-leucine.
The crystal packing in the title compound is stabilized by an intramolecular hydrogen interaction (C7—H7B···O1) and by two intermolecular hydrogen bonds (N1—H1A···O3i and C9—H9B···O3i, symmetry operator: (i) -x, y-1/2, -z+1) which lead to the formation of an one-dimensional hydrogen bonded chain along the b axis as shown in Fig. 3.