Synthesis of new functionalized aziridine-2- and azetidine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives of potential interest for biological and foldameric applications

Amino Acids

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 541-558

  Žukauskaite, Asta ^a,b   Mangelinckx, Sven ^a   Buinauskaite, Vida ^b   Šačkus, Algirdas ^b   De Kimpe, Norbert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Amino acids; Azetidine 3 carboxylic acids; Aziridine 2 carboxylic acids; Conformational constraint

Indexed keywords

3 BROMOAZETIDINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKYL 2 (BROMOMETHYL)ACRYLATE; AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; AMINO GROUP; AZETIDINE 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AZETIDINE DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; AZIRIDINE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; CARBOXYL GROUP; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HETEROCYCLIC CARBOXYLIC ACID; NITROGEN; NUCLEOPHILE; OXYGEN; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINATION; BROMINATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS; THERMAL ISOMERIZATION;

AMINATION; AMINO ACIDS; AZETIDINES; AZIRIDINES; BROMIDES; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CYCLIZATION; HALOGENATION; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

EID: 80052312453     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-011-0879-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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