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Diastereoselective Ritter reactions of chiral secondary benzylic alcohols

Philipp Rubenbauer, Thorsten Bach

Chemical Communications · 2009 · 31 citations · 36 references

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Abstract

An acid-catalysed Ritter reaction of chiral secondary benzylic alcohols enables diastereoselective access to chiral amides, which represent inter alia valuable intermediates for the synthesis of chiral 1,2-diamines and beta-amino acids.

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