767341-27-5Relevant articles and documents
A short synthesis of the HIV-protease inhibitor nelfinavir via a diastereoselective addition of ammonia to the α,β-unsaturated sulfoxide derived from (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide
Ma, Dawei,Zou, Bin,Zhu, Wei,Xu, Huadong
, p. 8511 - 8513 (2007/10/03)
Diastereoselective Michael addition of ammonia to sulfoxide 3a derived from (R)-glyceraldehyde acetonide provides amine 4a, which is converted into Nelfinavir using BF3·Et2O/NaI reduction and subsequent coupling reactions as key steps.