The Crystal Structure of Dimethyl (1aα,2aα,5β,6aβ-Hexahydroazirino[2,1-b]benzoxazole-1a, 5(1H)-dicarboxylate

Abstract

The title compound formed the major component in a rearrangement of an analogue of 4-amino-4-deoxychorismic acid (1), an intermediate in the chorismate-p-aminobenzoic acid biotransformation. X-Ray crystallographic analysis has defined the relative stereochemistry at the four chiral centres in the tricyclic molecule.