Pd-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation of α-Fluorinated Iminoesters in Fluorinated Alcohol: A New and Catalytic Enantioselective Synthesis of Fluoro α-Amino Acid Derivatives

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 313-315

  Abe, Hajime ^a   Amii, Hideki ^a   Uneyama, Kenji ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ESTER; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; IMINE; PALLADIUM; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; ESTERS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; HYDROGEN; IMINES; PALLADIUM; STEREOISOMERISM; TRIFLUOROETHANOL;

EID: 0035825778     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0002471     Document Type: Article

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