Pmt. Ferreira et al., Synthesis of beta-substituted alanines via Michael addition of nucleophiles to dehydroalanine derivatives, J CHEM S P1, (19), 2000, pp. 3317-3324
Several beta-substituted alanines are synthesised in high yields by a Micha
el addition of nucleophiles to N-acyl-N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)dehydroalanine
methyl ester, using mild reaction conditions and simple work-up procedures
. The same method can be applied to dipeptides containing dehydroalanine.