“…As a result of the occurrence of two chiral centers, 2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptanes are utilized as chiral scaffolds in asymmetric catalysis (Jordis et al, 1999;Gonzá lez-Olvera et al, 2008;Castillo et al, 2013;Díaz-de-Villegas et al, 2014;Avila-Ortiz et al, 2015). The diamine system of 2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane is traditionally included in screening libraries as a rigid counterpart of the flexible piperazine ring (Siebeneicher et al, 2016;Dam et al, 2016;Cernak et al, 2017;Llona-Minguez et al, 2017;Wei et al, 2017). As a consequence, numerous synthetic routes for the preparation of 2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptane derivatives have been introduced (see: Portoghese & Mikhail, 1966;Jordis et al, 1990;Yakovlev et al, 2000;Fiorelli et al, 2005;Beinat et al, 2013;Cui et al, 2015;Choi et al, 2016 and the references cited therein).…”