1,3-Oxazinan-6-ones have been utilized in a series of enolate reactions to produce 5-hydroxy and 5-alkyl-4-substituted-1,3-oxazinan-6-ones with excellent
trans diastereoselectivity. Highlighting the versatilityof the oxazinanone, a number of transformations were performed to produce a variety of protected
N-Hand
N-methyl
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-hydroxy- and
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-methyl-
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-amino acids.