Direct N-alkylation of unprotected amino acids with alcohols

Science Advances

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Yan, Tao ^a   Feringa, Ben L ^a   Barta, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ALKYLATION; AMINO ACIDS;

BIO-BASED SURFACTANTS; BUILDING BLOCKES; DIRECT N; FATTY ALCOHOLS; OPTICAL PURITY; PURIFICATION PROCEDURES; SIDE PRODUCTS; SYNTHESIS METHODOLOGY;

FATTY ACIDS;

EID: 85041913080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao6494     Document Type: Article

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