Convenient route to enantiopure fmoc-protected morpholine-3-carboxylic acid

Filippo Sladojevich1, Andrea Trabocchi, Antonio Guarna

  • 1Sintesi e Studio di Eterocicli Biologicamente Attivi (HeteroBioLab), Università degli Studi di Firenze, Polo Scientifico e Tecnologico, Via della Lastruccia 13, I-50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy.

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