Amino acids alkaline hydrolysis

Good evidence for nitration at the 3-position was provided by Clayton and Kenyon. l-Benzoyl-2,5-dimethyl-4-azaindole was nitrated in 60 % yield, and followed with potassium permanganate oxidation in aqueous acetone gave 3-benzamido-6-methylpicolinic acid. Alkaline hydrolysis of the nitration product gave 3-nitro-2,5-dimethyl-4-azaindole (85% yield), which was also obtained by direct nitration of 2,5-dimethyl-4-azaindole in low yield. In addition, reduction gave the 3-amino compound, which was identical to that obtained by catalytic reduction of the product formed by coupling the azaindole with benzenediazonium chloride. 

The first work in this area was the synthesis of lO-oxa-lO-deazaAMT (IV.52), which was reported as early as 1954 by Fairbum and co-workers [107]. The key building block in this synthesis was the a-ketoaldehyde diethyl acetal, (IV.54), which on reaction with 2,4,5,6-tetraaminopyrimidine at pH 3.0 (90 °C for 2 h) and subsequent vigorous treatment with HCl (100 °C, 15 min) afforded the diester (IV.53) in low yield. Compound (IV.54) was prepared from diethyl V-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)-L-glutamate by reaction with 2,3-epoxy-1,1-diethoxypropane followed by oxidation of the resultant secondary alcohol with chromic acid. Alkaline hydrolysis of (IV.53) yielded (IV.52). The product was assumed to be 6- rather than 7-substituted on the basis that the 5-amino group in 2,4,5,6-tetraaminopyrimidine is the most nucleophilic and therefore most likely to react with the keto group in (IV.54). Antibacterial activity against S. faecium was observed. 

Hydrolysis. Although hydantoins can be hydroly2ed under strongly acidic conditions, the most common method consists of heating ia an alkaline medium to give iatermediate ureido acids (the so-called hydantoic acids), which are finally hydroly2ed to a-amino acids. 

Synthesis from OC-Amino Acids and Related Compounds. Addition of cyanates, isocyanates, and uiea derivatives to a-amino acids yields hydantoin piecuisois. This method is called the Read synthesis (2), and can be considered as the reverse of hydantoin hydrolysis. Thus the reaction of a-amino acids with alkaline cyanates affords hydantoic acids, which cyclize to hydantoins in an acidic medium. 

By the alkaline hydrolysis of the sultone formed on boiling an aqueous solution of the diazonium salt of S-amino-l-naphthalenesulfonic acid or its appropriate derivatives. 

The deterruination of amino acids in proteins requires pretreatment by either acid or alkaline hydrolysis. However, L-tryptophan is decomposed by acid, and the racemi2ation of several amino acids takes place during alkaline hydrolysis. Moreover, it is very difficult to confirm the presence of cysteine in either case. The use of methanesulfonic acid (18) and mercaptoethanesulfonic acid (19) as the protein hydroly2ing reagent to prevent decomposition of L-tryptophan and L-cysteine is recommended. En2ymatic hydrolysis of proteins has been studied (20). 

Direct bromination readily yields the 6-bromo derivative (111), just as with uracil. Analogous chlorination and iodination requires the presence of alkalies and even then proceeds in low yield. The 6-chloro derivative (113) was also obtained by partial hydrolysis of the postulated 3,5,6-trichloro-l,2,4-triazine (e.g.. Section II,B,6). The 6-bromo derivative (5-bromo-6-azauracil) served as the starting substance for several other derivatives. It was converted to the amino derivative (114) by ammonium acetate which, by means of sodium nitrite in hydrochloric acid, yielded a mixture of 6-chloro and 6-hydroxy derivatives. A modified Schiemann reaction was not suitable for preparing the 6-fluoro derivative. The 6-hydroxy derivative (115) (an isomer of cyanuric acid and the most acidic substance of this group, pKa — 2.95) was more conveniently prepared by alkaline hydrolysis of the 6-amino derivative. Further the bromo derivative was reacted with ethanolamine to prepare the 6-(2-hydroxyethyl) derivative however, this could not be converted to the corresponding 2-chloroethyl derivative. Similarly, the dimethylamino, morpholino, and hydrazino derivatives were prepared from the 6-bromo com-pound. ... 

When the latter adduct (R = CFI3), purified by chromatography, is treated with sodium azide (inversion of configuration) and subsequently subjected to alkaline hydrolysis and hydrogenation, the enantiomerically pure 2-amino-3-hydroxycarboxylic acid results102 ... 

Another approach for the synthesis of enantiopure amino acids or amino alcohols is the enantioselective enzyme-catalyzed hydrolysis of hydantoins. As discussed above, hydantoins are very easily racemized in weak alkaline solutions via keto enol tautomerism. Sugai et al. have reported the DKR of the hydantoin prepared from DL-phenylalanine. DKR took place smoothly by the use of D-hydantoinase at a pH of 9 employing a borate buffer (Figure 4.17) [42]. 

For betaxanthins, partial synthesis is quite common and presents a viable tool for identification by co-injection experiments. - Starting from a red beet extract or semi-purified betanin-isobetanin blend, alkaline hydrolysis by addition of 32% ammonia is initiated. Spectrophotometric monitoring at 424 nm allows the release of betalamic acid to be followed. Betaxanthins are obtained through the addition of the respective amino acid or amine in at least 20-fold molar excess followed by careful evaporation. Since the starting material most often consists of a racemic betacyanin mixture, the resulting betaxanthin will also consist of two stereoisomers that may not easily be separated by HPLC. ... 

A polynucleoside with an unnatural polymeric backbone was synthesized by SBP-catalyzed oxidative polymerization of thymidine 5 -p-hydroxyphenylacetate. Chemoenzymafic synthesis of a new class of poly(amino acid), poly(tyrosine) containing no peptide bonds, was achieved by the peroxidase-catalyzed oxidative polymerization of tyrosine ethyl esters, followed by alkaline hydrolysis. Amphiphile higher alkyl ester derivatives were also polymerized in... 

Moser et al. (1968) (one of the co-authors was Clifford Matthews) reported a peptide synthesis using the HCN trimer aminomalonitrile, after pre-treatment in the form of a mild hydrolysis. IR spectra showed the typical nitrile bands (2,200 cm ) and imino-keto bands (1,650 cm ). Acid hydrolysis gave only glycine, while alkaline cleavage of the polymer afforded other amino acids, such as arginine, aspartic acid, threonine etc. The formation of the polymer could have occurred according to the scheme shown in Fig. 4.9. 

The amidine bond is quite stable at acid pH however, it is susceptible to hydrolysis and cleavage at alkaline pH. Derivatized proteins may be assayed by amino acid analysis after acid hydrolysis without loss of imidate modifications. 

The iodoacetyl group of both isomers reacts with sulfhydryls under slightly alkaline conditions to yield stable thioether linkages (Figure 9.7). They do not react with unreduced disulfides in cystine residues or with oxidized glutathione (Gorman et al., 1987). The thioether bonds will be hydrolyzed under conditions necessary for complete protein hydrolysis prior to amino acid analysis. 

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