Synthesis of substituted (D)-phenylalanine derivatives by regioselective reduction of enantiomerically pure cis-2,3-disubstituted aziridines

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 50, 1998, Pages 9193-9196

  Chang, Jae Won ^a   Bae, Jae Hyun ^a   Shin, Seong Ho ^a   Park, Chan Sun ^a   Choi, Daeock ^a   Lee, Won Koo ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amino acids and derivatives; Chiral aziridine; Reduction

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DEXTRO PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENANTIOMER; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032506575     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)02095-4     Document Type: Article

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