National Basic Research Program of China (Grants No. 2009CB940903 and 2009CB918502);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 20721003 and 81025017);National S&T Major Projects (Grant No. 2012ZX09103-101-072).
A convenient and efficient method for the preparation of α-substituted β-amino acids has been developed by reacting compound 2 with various boric acid/borate 3 through Suzuki coupling reaction,which gave multiple st...