Stereoselective synthesis of enantiomerically pure 4,5-disubstituted pyrrolidinones from β-amino esters

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 10, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 4553-4561

  Wang, Jianbo ^a   Hou, Yihua ^a   Wu, Peng ^a   Qu, Zhaohui ^a   Chan, Albert S C ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA AMINO ACID; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; ENANTIOMER; HYDROLYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0033396486     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4166(99)00530-3     Document Type: Article

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