Abstract
Upon heating diphenyl diselenide and sodium trimethoxyborohydride (1:2) in DMF to 60°C, a reagent is produced which efficiently cleaves α-substituted N-benzoylhomoserine lactones to the corresponding α-(2-phenylseleno)ethyl amino acids without competing lactone reduction.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 7315-7318 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Tetrahedron Letters |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 48 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 24 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biochemistry
- Drug Discovery
- Organic Chemistry