A photochemical approach to phenylalanines and related compounds by alkylation of glycine
作者:Haydn S Knowles、Keith Hunt、Andrew F Parsons
DOI:10.1016/s0040-4020(01)00783-9
日期:2001.9
Phenylalanines can be prepared on UV photolysis of protected glycines in the presence of di-tert-butylperoxide, substituted toluenes and the photosensitiser benzophenone. These reactions, which lead to highly selective mono-alkylation at the α-position of glycines, involve coupling of captodative α-glycine radicals with benzyl radicals. This method can be used to selectively alkylate a variety of