A simple and highly efficient synthesis of β-amino-α, β-unsaturated ester via sonochemical Blaise reaction

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 443-446

  Lee, Adam Shih Yuan ^a   Cheng, Rae Yi ^a   Pan, Ohm Guo ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEVELOPMENT CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA AMINO ACID; ESTER;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0031023976     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(96)02321-0     Document Type: Article

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