Highly efficient synthesis of enantiomerically enriched 2-hydroxymethylaziridines by enzymatic desymmetrization

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-218

  Jun, Young Choi ^a   Borch, Richard F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ENZYMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PANCREAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; SWINE; SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; AZIRIDINES; CATALYSIS; LIPASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PANCREAS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOISOMERISM; SWINE;

EID: 33846615885     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062643a     Document Type: Article

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