Stereoselective Palladium‐Catalyzed Functionalization of Homoallylic Alcohols: A Convenient Synthesis of Di‐ and Trisubstituted Isoxazolidines and β‐Amino‐δ‐Hydroxy Esters

Enantiopure, Boc‐protected alkoxyamines 12 and 13 , derived from the readily available homoallylic alcohols 4 via a reaction that involves either inversion or retention of configuration, undergo a diastereoselective Pd‐catalyzed ring‐closing carbonylative amidation to produce isoxazolidines 16/17 (≤50:1 diastereoisomer ratio (d.r.)) that can be readily converted into the N ‐Boc‐protected esters of β‐amino‐δ‐hydroxy acids and their γ‐substituted homologues 37 . The key carbonylative cyclization proceeds through an unusual syn addition of the palladium and the nitrogen nucleophile across the CC bond ( 19 → 21 ), as revealed by the reaction of 15 , which afforded isoxazolidine 18 with high diastereoselectivity.