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Synthesis 2000; 2000(9): 1211-1213
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-6412
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Facile Synthesis of (2-Nitrofluoren-9-yl)methyloxycarbonyl Amino Acids

B. Henkel †* , E. Bayer
  • *Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 18, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany; Fax + 49(70 71)29 50 34; E-mail: ernst.bayer@uni-tuebingen.de
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31 December 2000 (online)

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The reaction of 9-fluorenylmethyloxycarbonyl amino acids with 100% nitric acid in dichloromethane gives access to (2-nitrofluoren-9-yl)methyloxycarbonyl amino acids.

(2-nitrofluoren-9-yl)methyloxycarbonyl amino acids - nitration - amino acid derivatives - protecting group - electrophilic aromatic substitution - photochemical deprotection