Aziridinium from N,N-dibenzyl serine methyl ester: Synthesis of enantiomerically pure β-amino and α,β-diamino esters

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2183-2186

  Couturier, Cédric ^a   Blanchet, Jérome ^a   Schlama, Thierry ^b   Zhu, Jieping ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Rhodia Europe   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTER; N,N DIBENZYL AZIRIDINIUM 2 CARBOXYLATE; N,N-DIBENZYL AZIRIDINIUM-2-CARBOXYLATE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SERINE; SERINE METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AZIRIDINES; ESTERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROPIONATES; SERINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33744725551     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060700u     Document Type: Article

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