Abstract
An efficient enantioselective synthesis of (R)-selegiline has been achieved by two routes, via proline-catalyzed α-aminooxylation as well as α-amination of phenylpropanaldehyde as the key step.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 9758-9763 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Tetrahedron |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 39 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 24 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:S.K.T. thanks CSIR, New Delhi, for financial support. The authors thank Dr. B. D. Kulkarni, Head, CE-PD Division, for his constant encouragement and support.
Keywords
- Asymmetric reactions
- Organocatalysis
- Proline
- α-Amination
- α-Aminooxylation