The building block approach to unusual α-amino acid derivatives and peptides

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 342-351

  Kotha, Sambasivarao ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; SCHIFF BASE; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

ALKYLATION; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BUCHERER BERG REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; LIQUID; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUZUKI COUPLING REACTION;

AMINO ACIDS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 0037504191     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020147q     Document Type: Article

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