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piperidine, azepane, indole, and indoline, were demonstrated.
Overall, this simple procedure with Grignard reagents in the
presence or absence of zinc(II) chloride might be attractive as
one of the most simple methodologies for obtaining α-amino
acid derivatives.
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The authors declare no competing financial interest.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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Financial support was partially provided by MEXT, KAKENHI
(26288046), Program for Leading Graduate Schools “IGER
program in Green Natural Sciences”, MEXT, Japan. We thank
Dr. Tomokazu Mizuno in Nagoya University for helpful
discussions.
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