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Application of the modified Curtius reaction by DPPA to some malonic acid half esters revealed that esterification occurred in a one-step process but the rearrangement reaction took place in a two-in-one-reaction procedure, the results of which are summarized in Tables I and II. The latter procedure may provide a new simple method for the synthesis of α-amino acids.
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Ninomiya et al. (1974) studied this question.
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