@article { ISI:000311473600008, title = {Alternate synthesis of enantiomerically pure levetiracetam (Keppra (R))}, journal = {Tetrahedron-Asymmetry}, volume = {23}, number = {20-21}, year = {2012}, month = {NOV}, pages = {1512-1515}, publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD}, address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND}, abstract = {

A simple and efficient synthesis of levetiracetam has been achieved with high enantiopurity (\>99\%) starting from commercially available benzyl glycidyl ether. The method is amenable for industrial scale-up. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

}, issn = {0957-4166}, doi = {10.1016/j.tetasy.2012.10.006}, author = {Mujahid, Mohammad and Mujumdar, P. and Sasikumar, M. and Kunte, S. S. and Muthukrishnan, Murugan} } @article { ISI:000336700700003, title = {New enantioselective synthesis of (S)-2-ethoxy-3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)Propanoic acid esters (EEHP and IEHP), useful pharmaceutical intermediates of PPAR agonists}, journal = {Tetrahedron Letters}, volume = {55}, number = {21}, year = {2014}, month = {MAY}, pages = {3223-3226}, publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD}, type = {Article}, address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND}, abstract = {

A new enantioselective synthetic route to the title compounds has been developed in a simple and practical way with high enantiopurity using commercially available starting material. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

}, keywords = {EEHP, Epoxide, IEHP, PPAR agonists}, issn = {0040-4039}, doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2014.04.021}, author = {Mujahid, Mohammad and Kunte, S. S. and Muthukrishnan, Murugan} } @article { ISI:000370307800008, title = {Alternate synthesis of appetite suppressant (R)-2-benzylmorpholine employing Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation strategy}, journal = {Tetrahedron Letters}, volume = {57}, number = {8}, year = {2016}, month = {FEB}, pages = {861-863}, publisher = {PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD}, address = {THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND}, abstract = {

An alternate synthesis of (R)-2-benzylmorpholine 1, an appetite suppressant agent has been accomplished starting from readily available trans-cinnamyl alcohol employing Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation strategy as a key step, with an overall yield of 24\%. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

}, keywords = {(R)-2-Benzylmorpholine, Appetite suppressant, Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation}, issn = {0040-4039}, doi = {10.1016/j.tetlet.2016.01.032}, author = {Viswanadh, N. and Mujumdar, P. and Sasikumar, M. and Kunte, S. S. and Muthukrishnan, Murugan} }