Highly efficient synthesis of β-amino acid derivatives via asymmetric hydrogenation of unprotected enamines

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 32, 2004, Pages 9918-9919

  Hsiao, Yi ^a   Rivera, Nelo R ^a   Rosner, Thorsten ^a   Krska, Shane W ^a   Njolito, Eugenia ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Sun, Yongkui ^a   Armstrong III, Joseph D ^a   Grabowski, Edward J J ^a   Tillyer, Richard D ^a   Spindler, Felix ^b   Malan, Christophe ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SOLVIAS AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BETA AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HYDROGENATION; LIGAND BINDING; METAL BINDING; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ALKENES; AMIDES; AMINES; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; ESTERS; HYDROGENATION; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 4043110495     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja047901i     Document Type: Article

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