We report a facile diversity oriented synthesis of α- and β-amino acids, by utilizing the pluripotent α-methylene group in a chiral bicyclic lactam as our key point of transformation. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Subhabrata Sen

Chemistry

(SoNS) School of Natural Sciences

S.R. Kamma

V.R. Potti

Y.L.N. Murthy

A.B. Chaudhary

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Diversity-oriented synthesis of amino acids using chiral enolates