Palladium-catalyzed formation and stereoselecttve isomerization of 5-vinyloxazolines. Application to the formal synthesis of (S,S)-4-amino-3-hydroxy-5-phenylpentanoic acid

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3405-3408

  Cook, Gregory R ^a   Shanker, P Sathya ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 PHENYLVALERIC ACID; OXAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; PALLADIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; CYCLIZATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IONIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0032555006     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(98)00534-6     Document Type: Article

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