E. Cros et al., Synthesis of N-alpha-tetrachlorophthaloyl (TCP)-protected amino acids under microwave irradiation (MWI), SYNTHESIS-S, (9), 2001, pp. 1313-1320
A range of N-alpha-tetrachlorophthaloyl protected amino acids have been syn
thesized by an easy and efficient condensation procedure of the correspondi
ng amino acid and tetrachlorophthaloyl anhydride under irradiation in an un
modified commercial microwave oven.