Selective synthesis of unnatural α-, β- and γ-amino esters

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3863-3869

  Nugent, Thomas C ^a   Ghosh, Abhijit K ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino esters; Asymmetric reductive amination; Heterogeneous hydrogenation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547815132     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700345     Document Type: Article

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