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NON-RACEMIZING SYNTHESIS AND STEREOSELECTIVE REDUCTION OF CHIRAL α-AMINO KETONES
Reetz, M. T.,Drewes, M. W.,Lennick, K.,Schmitz, A.,Holdgruen, X.
, p. 375 - 378 (2007/10/02)
α-Amino acids can be doubly benzylated at nitrogen, forming N,N-dibenzyl amino acids which can be converted into α-amino ketones 4 without appreciable racemization.The latter undergo stereoselective reduction with NaBH4 under non-chelation control to form
