Highly enantioselective synthesis of (S)-α-alkyl-α,β- diaminopropionic acids via asymmetric phase-transfer catalytic alkylation of 2-phenyl-2-imidazoline-4-carboxylic acid tert-butyl esters

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 3738-3741

  Park, Yohan ^a   Kang, Sukhoon ^a   Lee, Young Ju ^a   Kim, Taek Soo ^a   Jeong, Byeong Seon ^b   Park, Hyeung Geun ^a   Jew, Sang Sup ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3 DIAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; 2,3-DIAMINOPROPIONIC ACID; BETA ALANINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

ALKYLATION; BETA-ALANINE; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 68949111597     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol9013552     Document Type: Article

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