@article {42634,
	title = {Chiral pool approach for the synthesis of functionalized amino acids: synthesis of antiepileptic drug (R)-lacosamide},
	journal = {Tetrahedron Letters},
	volume = {56},
	year = {2015},
	month = {AUG},
	pages = {5802{\textendash}5803},
	abstract = {<p>An efficient total synthesis of (R)-lacosamide 1 has been achieved from N-Boc-N,O-isopropylidene-l-serinol 2 which could easily be obtained from natural l-serine. Our synthesis of 1 starting from 2 using chiral pool strategy resulted in 54\% overall yield.</p>},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2015.08.077},
	author = {Aratikatla, Eswar K. and Bhattacharya, Asish K.}
}
