Highly diastereoselective addition of nitromethane anion to chiral α-amidoalkylphenyl sulfones. Synthesis of optically active α-amino acid derivatives

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4275-4281

  Foresti, Elisabetta ^a   Palmieri, Gianni ^b   Petrini, Marino ^b   Profeta, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ALDEHYDES; AMINO ACIDS; DERIVATIVES; ESTERS; NEGATIVE IONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVES; CHIRAL AMINOALKYLPHENYL SULFONES; DIASTEREOSELECTIVE ADDITION; NITROMETHANE;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

ALDEHYDE; AMINO ACID; ANION; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHANE; NITROALKANE; NITROMETHANE; SULFONE;

ALKYLATION; AMINATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALDEHYDES; ALKYLATION; AMINATION; AMINO ACIDS; ANIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; METHANE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NITROPARAFFINS; STEREOISOMERISM; SULFONES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0346349375     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b309211a     Document Type: Article

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