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Enantioselective Henry addition of methyl 4-nitrobutyrate to aldehydes. Chiral building blocks for 2-pyrrolidinones and other derivatives

G Blay, V Hernández-Olmos, JR Pedro

Index: Despinoy, Xavier L. M.; McNab, Hamish Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 2009 , vol. 7, # 21 p. 4502 - 4511

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Abstract

... Organic molecules containing chiral pyrrolidine and 2-pyrrolidinone (γ-lactam) heterocycles are common ... can provide access to different structural motifs has raised much interest among synthetic chemists. ... that are versatile building blocks as a result of the chemical versatility of ...