Convenient synthesis of L-proline benzyl ester

A Córdova, NN Reed, JA Ashley, KD Janda

Index: Cordova, Armando; Reed, Neal N.; Ashley, Jon A.; Janda, Kim D. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 1999 , vol. 9, # 21 p. 3119 - 3122

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Download full text in PDF Opens in a new window. Article suggestions will be shown in a dialog on return to ScienceDirect. ... Please enable JavaScript to use all the features on this page. ... Mesylates or tosylates of esters spontaneously afford esters upon exposure to aqueous buffer in near quantitative yield. This novel reaction has led to the development of a simple route to optically active proline esters. ... A simple methodology of converting benzyl ...