Enantioselective synthesis of α-amino acids from nitroalkenes

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 2111-2114

  Sabelle, Stéphane ^a   Lucet, Denis ^a   Le Gall, Thierry ^a   Mioskowski, Charles ^a,b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO ACID; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; NITROALKANE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0032499132     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00064-1     Document Type: Article

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