Simple and Efficient Enantioselective α-Deuteration Method of α-Amino Acids without External Chiral Sources
Soojun Park,
Jae Hyun Kim,
Dongjun Kim
et al.
Abstract:Deuterium-labeled α-amino acids are useful in research
related
to drug discovery and biomedical science. However, a high degree of
site selectivity and stereoselectivity in the deuterium incorporation
process is still difficult to achieve. Herein, we report a new enantioselective
deuteration method at the α-position of several amino acids
without external chiral sources. The proposed deuteration methods
(NaOEt and EtOD) are highly selective and simple. Additionally, we
provide a mechanistic study for this enan… Show more
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