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A Practical and Stereoconservative Synthesis of (R)-3-Amino-4-(trimethyl-ammonio)butanoate [(R)-Aminocarnitine], and Its Trimethylphosphonium and Simple Ammonium Analogues Starting from D-Aspartic Acid
Calvisi, Giuseppina,Dell'Uomo, Natalina,De Angelis, Francesco,Dejas, Roberto,Giannessi, Fabio,Tinti, Maria Ornella
, p. 4501 - 4505 (2007/10/03)
We have developed a new stereospecific synthesis of (R)-aminocarnitine using D-aspartic acid as the starting material. This strategy, which is simple and amenable to an industrial scale-up, gives the target compound in six steps and in fairly good overall
