Asymmetric synthesis of all six regioisomers of N-boc-dimethylphenylalanines
All possible regioisomers of dimethyl-substituted (S)-phenylalanine were efficiently synthesized by reacting the Ni(II)-complex of the chiral Schiff base of glycine with (S)-2-N-(N-benzylprolyl)-aminobenzophenone.
