Enantioselective β-amino acid synthesis based on catalyzed asymmetric acyl halide-aldehyde cyclocodensation reactions

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1323-1325

  Nelson, Scott G ^a   Spencer, Keith L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Amino acids; Asymmetric catalysis; Lactones; Nucleophilic additions

Indexed keywords

ACID HALIDE; ALDEHYDE; BETA AMINO ACID; LACTONE;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CYCLIZATION; POLYMERIZATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0034599875     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000403)39:7<1323::AID-ANIE1323>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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