Asymmetric synthesis of 2,3-methanoleucine stereoisomers from common intermediates

Chirality

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 551-557

  Donkor, Isaac O ^a   Zheng, Xiaozhang ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Miller, Duane D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

2,3 methanoleucine stereoisomers; Calpain inhibitors; Cyclopropyl leucine stereoisomers; Geometric isomers; Stereospecific synthesis

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; LEUCINE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEAMINATION; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LEUCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0034046492     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-636X(2000)12:7<551::AID-CHIR1>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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