Application of the Evans aziridination procedure to 2-substituted acrylates and cinnamates: An expedient route to α-substituted α- and β- amino acids

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 32, 1998, Pages 5739-5742

  Dauban, Philippe ^a   Dodd, Robert H ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; ACETONITRILE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BETA AMINO ACID; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; COPPER; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHIRALITY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0032490954     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)01132-0     Document Type: Article

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