Asymmetric synthesis of all stereoisomers of a-methylthreonine using an organocatalytic steglich rearrangement reaction as a key step

Synthesis

Volumn , Issue 24, 2009, Pages 4208-4218

  Dietz, Friedrich R ^a   Gröger, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acylation; Amino acids; Asymmetric catalysis; Rearrangements; Stereoselective synthesis

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; AZLACTONES; ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; MULTI-STEP; ORGANOCATALYTIC; REARRANGEMENT REACTIONS; REARRANGEMENTS; STEREOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES;

ACYLATION; AMINO ACIDS; CATALYSIS; STEREOSELECTIVITY;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ALPHA METHYLTHREONINE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; COMPLEX FORMATION; ENANTIOMER; ORGANOCATALYTIC STEGLICH REARRANGEMENT REACTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EFFECT; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 77951966073     PISSN: 00397881     EISSN: 1437210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1217140     Document Type: Article

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