Artigo Revisado por pares

l-Canavanine synthesis by zinc-mediated guanidination of l-canaline with cyanamide

1986; Elsevier BV; Volume: 14; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0045-2068(86)90025-8

ISSN

1090-2120

Autores

Alvydas J. Ozinskas, Gerald A. Rosenthal,

Tópico(s)

Plant-based Medicinal Research

Resumo

A novel procedure is described for the synthesis of l-canavanine, 2-amino-4-(guanidinooxy)butyric acid, using cyanamide in the presence of zinc cations for guanidination of the copper salt of l-canaline in nearly quantitative yield. [14C]Cyanamide-zinc(II), obtained from the barium salt, is used to prepare l-[guanidinooxy-14C]canavanine in high yield. Application of cyanamide-zinc(II) to the synthesis of isotopically labeled canavanine derivatives is discussed. Improvements are reported in the procedure for guanidination of l-canaline with O-methylisourea.

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