Synthesis 2007(1): 113-117  
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-958929
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A Facile Synthesis of Ethyl 2-Acetamido-4-methylenehex-5-enoate, a Versatile Diels-Alder Synthon for the Parallel Synthesis of Novel α-Amino Acid Derivatives

Rui Chen, Victor Lee, Robert M. Adlington, Jack E. Baldwin*
Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3TA, UK
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Publication History

Received 7 August 2006
Publication Date:
12 December 2006 (online)

Abstract

An efficient synthesis of a diene-containing α-amino acid via the use of Denmark’s coupling reaction and its application to the synthesis of novel α-amino acid via the Diels-Alder reaction are described.