Preparative biochemistry 1981-01-01

A modified, high yield procedure for the synthesis of unlabeled and 14C-labeled 4-methylene-DL-glutamic acid.

G K Powell, E E Dekker

Index: Prep. Biochem. 11(3) , 339-50, (1981)

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Abstract

This paper describes the complete chemical synthesis of 4-methylene-DL-glutamic acid from diethylmalonate, formaldehyde and diethyl acetamidomalonate. The amino acid was obtained pure following ion-exchange chromatography and/or crystallization from hot water in an overall yield of 30% based on the amount of diethylmalonate used. Several physico-chemical characteristics of the synthetic compound were determined, including ir and pmr spectra, chromatography on paper, retention time on an amino acid analyzer, pK values and melting point; all properties of the synthetic material were found to be identical to those seen with the naturally occurring L-isomer. The procedure for obtaining gram quantities of the unlabeled compound has also been modified for the synthesis of high specific activity (10.6 mCi/mol) 4-methylene-[2-14C]-DL-glutamic acid.


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