Practical synthesis of fluorine-containing α- And β-amino acids: Recipes from Kiev, Ukraine

Future Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 793-819

  Kukhar, Valery P ^a   Sorochinsky, Alexander E ^a   Soloshonok, Vadim A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALPHA AMINO ACID; AMINE; AMINO ACID; AMINOALCOHOL; BETA AMINO ACID; BETA,BETA,BETA (TRIFLUORO)ALANINE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; EPOXIDE; FLUORINE; ISOCYANOACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NICKEL COMPLEX; PHOSPHORUS DERIVATIVE; PYRUVIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; TRIFLUOROPYRUVIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALDOL REACTION; ALKYLATION; CATALYSIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENANTIOMER; FLUORINATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; UKRAINE;

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; FLUORINE; HALOGENATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 74449084349     PISSN: 17568919     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/fmc.09.70     Document Type: Review

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