Efficient large-scale synthesis of Boc-L-azatyrosine

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 523-530

  Germain, Hervé ^a   Harris, Craig S ^a   Renaud, Fabrice ^a   Warin, Nicolas ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydroxy deboronation; Large scale; Negishi cross coupling

Indexed keywords

METHYL 3 (5 HYDROXYPYRIDIN 2 YL) 2 [(2 METHYLPROPAN 2 YL)OXYCARBONYLAMINO]PROPANOATE; TERT BUTYLOXYCARBONYLAZATYROSINE; TYROSINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PURIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HYDROXYDEBORONATION; NONHUMAN; PRODUCT RECOVERY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; REACTION OPTIMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES CHIBAENSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 61649108409     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802406695     Document Type: Article

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