W. Gu, R. Silverman
Oct 19, 2011
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Tetrahedron letters
Abstract
(S)-2-Boc-Amino-8-(R)-(tert-butyldimethylsilanyloxy) decanoic acid, the Boc-protected precursor of an unusual amino acid residue for the synthesis of microsporin B, was synthesized. The key steps include a Suzuki coupling followed by asymmetric homogeneous hydrogenation.