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Chem. Commun., 2003, 566 - 567, DOI: 10.1039/b211523a


Asymmetric protonation of lithium enolates of -amino acid derivatives with -amino acid-based chiral Brønsted acids

Kentaro Futatsugi, Akira Yanagisawa and Hisashi Yamamoto


The reaction of lithium enolates of -amino acid derivatives with chiral amides, easily synthesized from L-tert-leucine, gives corresponding optically active unnatural -amino acid derivatives with up to 87% ee.

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