Enantioselective michael reactions of β, β-disubstituted nitroalkenes: a new approach to β2,2-amino acids with hetero-quaternary stereocenters

Organic Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3946-3949

  Lu, Hai Hua ^a   Zhang, Fu Gen ^a   Meng, Xiang Gao ^a   Duan, Shu Wen ^a   Xiao, Wen Jing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE; AMINO ACID; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PEPTIDE;

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

ALKENES; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PEPTIDES; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 69449107726     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol901572x     Document Type: Article

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