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Efficient enantioconvergent synthesis of (S)-α-benzyl-α-methyl-β-alanine from (R)- and (S)-2-cyano-2-methyl-3-phenylpropanoic acid
Badorrey, Ramon,Cativiela, Carlos,Diaz-de-Villegas, Maria D.,Galvez, Jose A.,Gil, Ana
, p. 2209 - 2214 (2007/10/03)
An efficient synthesis of (S)-α-benzyl-α-methyl-β-alanine in 59% overall yield from benzaldehyde and methyl cyanoacetate has been developed. Enantioconvergent approaches to the synthesis of the target α,α-disubstituted β-amino acid from both enantiomers o