... DEVELOPMENT OF CHIRAL DICARBONYL EQUIVALENTS. ENANTIODIVERGENT ALKYLATION OF ASPARTIC ACID. Glenn J. McGarvey,* Roger N. Hiner, Yoshio Matsubara, Taeboem Oh Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22901 ABSTRACT: L-AsTnartic acid has been converted to derivatives which undergo alkylation reactions with stereoselectivities that are enantiomerically complimentary. ...