Nitrile biotransformations for the efficient synthesis of highly enantiopure 1-arylaziridine-2-carboxylic acid derivatives and their stereoselective ring-opening reactions

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2040-2045

  Wang, Jin Yuan ^a   Wang, De Xian ^a   Zheng, Qi Yu ^a   Huang, Zhi Tang ^a   Wang, Mei Xiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CATALYSIS; DERIVATIVES; REACTION KINETICS; REGIOSELECTIVITY; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

BIOTRANSFORMATIONS; ENANTIOMERIC PURITY; N-NUCLEOPHILIC REAGENT; RING OPENING REACTIONS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL BROMIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; PROPIONAMIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; ENANTIOMER; NONHUMAN; RHODOCOCCUS ERYTHROPOLIS; RING OPENING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

AZIRIDINES; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HYDRO-LYASES; NITRILES; RHODOCOCCUS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 33947279549     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo062339v     Document Type: Article

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