Abstract
The thermal reaction of 3-[(1S)-2-alkoxyl-1-apocamphanecarbonyl]-2-oxazolones with dialkyl azodicarboxylates results in exclusive formation of [4+2] type cycloadducts with moderate levels of diastereofacial selection, which serve as versatile chiral synthons for a wide variety of 4-alkyl and 4-aryl-2-oxazolidinones as well as α-amino acids.