Continuous flow synthesis of β-amino acids from α-amino acids via Arndt-Eistert homologation

RSC Advances

Volumn 4, Issue 70, 2014, Pages 37419-37422

  Pinho, Vagner D ^a   Gutmann, Bernhard ^a   Kappe, C Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

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EID: 84907053915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra08113g     Document Type: Article

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