Iron-catalyzed three-component synthesis of α-amino acid derivatives

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 33, 2013, Pages 7471-7475

  Halli, Juliette ^a   Manolikakes, Georg ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Homogeneous catalysis; Iron; Multicomponent reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887623597     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201301349     Document Type: Article

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