Abstract
Strategically a new approach for the synthesis tetrahydro-β-carboline unit with the aid of diethyl acetamidomalonate as a glycine equivalent has been described.
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We are grateful to DST and CSIR for the financial support and SAIF Mumbai for providing the spectral data. S. M. thank CSIR (New Delhi) for the award of research fellowship. S. K. thank DST for the award of J. C. Bose fellowship.
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Kotha, S., Misra, S. & Mobin, S.M. A new approach to 3-substituted tetrahydro-β-carboline derivative via diethyl acetamidomalonate. Amino Acids 41, 933–936 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00726-010-0792-z
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