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Syntheses of α-Hydroxyamino Acids from α-Keto Acids

Afzal Ahmad

Year: 1974 Journal:   Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan Vol: 47 (7)Pages: 1819-1820   Publisher: Oxford University Press

Abstract

Abstract A new general method for the synthesis of α-hydroxyamino acids has been developed. Lithium cyanohydridoborate reduces α-keto acid oximes to the corresponding α-hydroxyamino acids and not to the corresponding α-amino acids.

Keywords:
Chemistry Amino acid Lithium (medication) Stereochemistry Biochemistry

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Chemical Synthesis and Analysis
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Biology
Fluorine in Organic Chemistry
Life Sciences →  Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics →  Pharmaceutical Science
Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis
Physical Sciences →  Chemical Engineering →  Process Chemistry and Technology

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