October 2013
Intermediate to advanced
242 pages
9h 22m
English
Content preview from Methods of Non-a-Amino Acid Synthesis, 2nd Edition
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
139Biologically Important Amino Acids
CO
2
Et
O
F
F
CO
2
Et
F F
CO
2
H
F F
NHBn NH
2
BnNH
2
, PhH
reux
cat. p-TsOH
1. NBH
3
CN
2N HCl/MeOH
2. 1N HCl
3. H
2
Pd-C
78 79 80
68%
30%
2-Pyrrolidinone derivatives are useful synthons for the preparation of 4-ami-
nobutanoic acid derivatives of all types. Ethyl pyroglutamate (81), derived from
L-glutamic acid, was converted to cyanomethyl-2-pyrrolidinone 82.
113
Reduction to
the amine and Cope elimination
114
gave 83, which was hydrolyzed to 4-aminohex-5-
enoic acid (84; known as vigabatrin). It is known that 84 is an irreversible inhibitor
of GABA-T. Due this mode of action, vigabatrin has been shown to increase levels
of GABA in t
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.