title: Organocatalytic asymmetric synthesis of β(3)-amino acid derivatives.
abstract: β(3)-Amino acid derivatives are an essential resource for pharmaceutical production, medicinal chemistry, and biochemistry. In this article, recent developments in versatile organocatalysis, i.e., Brønsted acid catalysis, Brønsted base catalysis, Lewis acid catalysis, Lewis base catalysis, and phase-transfer catalysis, for the asymmetric synthesis of β(3)-amino acid derivatives will be presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jung Woon
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000143:Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D015394:Molecular Structure; D044367:Phase Transition
chemical_list: D000143:Acids; D000596:Amino Acids