Practical and efficient method for amino acid derivatives containing β-quaternary center: application toward synthesis of hepatitis C virus NS3 serine protease inhibitors

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 36, 2007, Pages 6343-6347

  Arasappan, Ashok ^a   Venkatraman, Srikanth ^a   Padilla, Angela I ^a   Wu, Wanli ^a   Meng, Tao ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Wong, Jesse ^a   Prongay, Andrew ^a   Girijavallabhan, Viyyoor ^a   George Njoroge, F ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA METHYLCYCLOHEXYLGLYCINE DERIVATIVE; NITRILE; NONSTRUCTURAL PROTEIN 3; SCH 503034; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HYDROGENATION; OXIDATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRECKER SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 34547652788     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.07.002     Document Type: Article

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