E. Morera et G. Ortar, AN EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF 4-ARYL AND 4-VINYLPHENYLALANINES BY STILLE CROSS-COUPLING REACTION, Synlett, (12), 1997, pp. 1403-1405
The palladium-catalyzed reaction of N-Boc-4-trimethylstannyl-L-phenyla
lanine methyl ester (1) with a variety of aryl and vinyl iodides and t
riflates (2) affords the corresponding 4-aryl and 4-vinylphenylalanine
s 3 in synthetically useful yields.