Highly diastereoselective and enantioselective addition of
N-benzylhydroxylamine to imides
17 and
20-
30 produces
,
-trans-disubstituted
N-benzylisoxazolidinones
19 and
31-
41. These reactions proceed in 60-96% ee with 93-99% de's using 5 mol % of Mg(NTf
2)
2 and ligand
18. The product isoxazolidinones can be hydrogenolyzed directly to provide
,
-disubstituted-
-amino acids.