Improved Schöllkopf construction of quaternary α-amino acids: efficient enantioselective synthesis of integrin LFA-1 antagonist BIRT-377

Tetrahedron Asymmetry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1754-1757

  Vassiliou, Stamatia ^a   Magriotis, Plato A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO ACID; INTEGRIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1;

ARTICLE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 33745808337     PISSN: 09574166     EISSN: 1362511X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetasy.2006.06.019     Document Type: Article

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