Memory of chirality: Alkylation of α-amino acid derivatives

Yuki Gosei Kagaku Kyokaishi/Journal of Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1095-1099

  Kawabata, Takeo ^a   Fuji, Kaoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001700715     PISSN: 00379980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5059/yukigoseikyokaishi.58.1095     Document Type: Article

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