Oxazoline-mediated highly stereoselective synthesis of α,β-substituted-β-aminoalkanamides, potential precursors of unnatural β2,2,3-amino acids

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 49, 2007, Pages 8651-8654

  Capriati, Vito ^a   Degennaro, Leonardo ^a   Florio, Saverio ^a   Luisi, Renzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Lithiation; Nitrones; Oxazolines; Peptides

Indexed keywords

BETA AMINO ACID; BETA AMINO ALKANAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BETA PHENYLAMINO ALKANAMIDE DERIVATIVE; N CUMYL 1,6 DIOXA 2,9 DIAZASPIRO[4,4]NONANE DERIVATIVE; N CUMYL NITRONE DERIVATIVE; NITRONE DERIVATIVE; OXAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 35748968501     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.10.032     Document Type: Article

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