Umpolung reactivity in amide and peptide synthesis

Nature

Volumn 465, Issue 7301, 2010, Pages 1027-1032

  Shen, Bo ^a   Makley, Dawn M ^a   Johnston, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CARBON; GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; NITROALKANE; NITROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; SERINE; THREONINE; TYROSINE; VALINE;

ALKANE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL BONDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; DEHYDRATION; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

ALKANES; AMIDES; AMINES; CARBON; ETHANE; GLYCINE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITRO COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; PEPTIDES;

EID: 77953946318     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09125     Document Type: Article

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