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Organocatalytic asymmetric biomimetic transamination: From α-keto esters to optically active α-amino acid derivatives
Xiao, Xiao,Xie, Ying,Su, Cunxiang,Liu, Mao,Shi, Yian
, p. 12914 - 12917 (2011)
This paper describes an effective chiral base-catalyzed biomimetic transamination of α-keto esters using simple benzyl amines. A wide variety of α-amino esters containing various functional groups can be synthesized in high enantioselectivity and reasonable yield.