Yoshinori Yamamoto, H. Yatagai, K. Maruyama
1980
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Journal of The Chemical Society, Chemical Communications
Abstract
The reaction of carboxylic acid esters with amines is accelerated in the presence of catalytic amounts of RhCl3.3H2O at a reasonably low temperature; optically active 2,5-dioxopiperazines can be synthesized in high yield from the corresponding amino-acid esters using this procedure.