Enantioselective synthesis of fluorinated α-amino acids and derivatives in combination with ring-closing metathesis: Intramolecular π-stacking interactions as a source of stereocontrol

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 2621-2624

  Fustero, Santos ^a,b   Volonterio, Alessandro ^a,b   Zanda, Matteo ^a,b   Navarro, Antonio ^a,b   Pina, Belén ^a,b   Soler, Juan Garcia ^a,b   Bartolomé, Ana ^a,b   Asensio, Amparo ^a,b   Simón, Antonio ^a,b   Bravo, Pierfrancesco ^a,b   Fronza, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FLUORINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; FLUORINE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 18044400040     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol016087q     Document Type: Article

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