Bacterial preparation of enantiopure unactivated aziridine-2-carboxamides and their transformation into enantiopure nonnatural amino acids and vic-diamines

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 521-524

  Morán Ramallal, Roberto ^a   Liz, Ramón ^a   Gotor, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AZIRIDINE; AZIRIDINE 2 CARBOXAMIDE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE-2-CARBOXAMIDE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; DIAMINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; RHODOCOCCUS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; AZIRIDINES; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; DIAMINES; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RHODOCOCCUS; SERINE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33847034113     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062895b     Document Type: Article

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