@article {45938,
	title = {Concise enantioselective synthesis of (R)-selegiline, (S)-benzphetamine and formal synthesis of (R)-sitagliptin via electrophilic azidation of chiral imide enolates},
	journal = {Tetrahedron-Asymmetry},
	volume = {26},
	year = {2015},
	month = {JAN},
	pages = {67-72},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>A concise and high yielding enantioselective synthesis of (R)-selegiline, an anti-Parkinson{\textquoteright}s drug, (S)-benzphetamine, an anti-obesity agent, and (S)-sitagliptin, an anti-diabetic drug has been described starting from commercially available starting materials employing Evans{\textquoteright} electrophilic azidation of chiral imide enolates as a key chiral inducing step, which proceeds in a highly diastereoselective manner (\&gt;99\%). (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.</p>},
	issn = {0957-4166},
	doi = {10.1016/j.tetasy.2014.11.014},
	author = {Dey, Soumen and Sudalai, Arumugam}
}
