Tandem addition/cyclization of alkynylzinc reagents to enantiopure 2-tert-butyl-3,5-dimethyl-2,3-dihydroimidazol-4-one N-oxide: Potential precursors of quaternary α-amino acids

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2694-2701

  Cantagrel, Frédáric ^a   Pinet, Sandra ^a   Gimbert, Yves ^a   Chavant, Pierre Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alkynylzinc; Amino acids; Cyclization; Dihydroisoxazole; Imidazolidinone; Nitrones

Indexed keywords

EID: 22144442445     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200400861     Document Type: Article

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