Memory of Chirality in Diastereoselective α-alkylation of Isoleucine and allo-isoleucine Derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 3883-3885

  Kawabata, Takeo ^a   Chen, Jianyong ^a   Suzuki, Hideo ^a   Nagae, Yosikazu ^a   Kinoshita, Takayoshi ^a,b   Chancharunee, Sirirat ^a   Fuji, Kaoru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASTELLAS PHARMA INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; ISOLEUCINE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALKYLATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; ISOLEUCINE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0034736318     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0066274     Document Type: Article

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