Benfodda Z, Bénimélis D, Jean M, Naubron J-V, Rolland V, Meffre P
UNIV. NIMES, EA7352 CHROME, Rue du Dr G. Salan, 30021, Nîmes Cedex 1, France,
Amino Acids. 2015 May;47(5):899-907. doi: 10.1007/s00726-015-1917-1. Epub 2015 Jan 25.
Racemic-protected α-ethynylphenylalanine was synthesized from DL-2-benzylserine using α-benzylserinal as key intermediate and was successfully resolved by HPLC on a chiral stationary phase at a semipreparative scale. The absolute configuration of both enantiomers was determined by vibrational circular dichroism.