A concise synthesis of (2S,4R)- and (2S,4S)-4-methylglutamic acid

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 3203-3205

  Gu, Zi Qiang ^a   Li, Min ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^b Sunmack Science Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

4 methylglutamic acid; Enantiomerically pure; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; EPIMER; SYNTHESIS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0037424817     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00429-5     Document Type: Article

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