Sa. Nair et al., SYNTHESIS OF ORTHOGONALLY PROTECTED L-HOMOCYSTEINE AND L-2-AMINO-4-PHOSPHONOBUTANOIC ACID FROM L-HOMOSERINE, Synthesis, (7), 1995, pp. 810-814
Convenient syntheses of rt-butoxycarbonyI-S-p-methoxybenzyl-L-homocyst
eine benzyl ester and benzyl L-4-dimethylphosphono-2-N-phthalimidobuta
noate from commercially available L-homoserine are described along wit
h their incorporation into dipeptides.