Chai, ChristinaJohnson, RuthKoh, Jerome2015-12-130040-4020http://hdl.handle.net/1885/72382The reactivities and selectivities of the Diels-Alder reactions of acyclic dehydroalanine esters and cyclic dehydroalanines derived from piperazine-2,5-diones with 1,3-dienyl cobaloxime complex are reported. From our studies we demonstrate the use of theKeywords: amino acid; carboxyl group; cobalt; dehydroalanine; ester derivative; organometallic compound; piperazinedione; vinyl derivative; article; chemical reaction; chemical reaction kinetics; combinatorial chemistry; complex formation; cycloaddition; diels alde Amino acids and derivatives; Diels-AlderThe reactivities of dehydroalanine derivatives towards 1,3-dienyl cobaloxime complex: new routes to functionalised carbocyclic amino acids200210.1016/S0040-4020(01)01160-72015-12-11