Volume 7, Issue 6 pp. 1660-1669
Racemization Mechanisms and Chemistry of D-Amino Acids

Amino Acid Ligand Chirality for Enantioselective Syntheses

Károly Micskei

Károly Micskei

Institute of Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4032 Debrecen

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Tamás Patonay

Tamás Patonay

Institute of Chemistry, University of Debrecen, Egyetem tér 1, H-4032 Debrecen

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Luciano Caglioti

Luciano Caglioti

Department of Chemistry and Technology of Biologically Active Compounds, University ‘La Sapienza'-Roma, Ple. A. Moro 5, I-00185 Roma

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Gyula Pályi

Gyula Pályi

Department of Chemistry. University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, I-41100 Modena

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First published: 16 June 2010
Citations: 45

Abstract

Amino acids are attractive sources of chirality in stoichiometric or catalytic transition metal/organic chemistry. In spite of easy availability and other advantages, the application of these ligands is hindered by several problems. Now, at the dawn of emerging d-amino acid biochemistry, efforts in this direction are becoming increasingly important. The results of research on application of amino acid ligands for transition-metal reagents in organic syntheses are reviewed in the present work.

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