A novel synthesis of l-pipecolic acid from l-lysine is described. Bromination of ε-NH2 group on Nα-tosyl-l-lysine, followed by cyclization with NaH in DMF gave N-tosyl-l-pipecolic acid in 45% yield.
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Fujii et al. (1975) studied this question.