Regioselective Reduction of β‐Enaminoesters

Abstract

The regioselective reduction of β‐enaminoesters derived from pyroglutamic acid can be readily achieved under mild conditions.

Keywords:

• Regioselective reduction
• pyroglutamic
• enaminoesters

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the University of Oxford (Lady Noon/OUP Fund), St. Peter's College Oxford for a Graduate Studentship Award, and Lancaster Synthesis for additional support. We also gratefully acknowledge the use of the EPSRC Chemical Database Service at Daresbury.15