Ethylenediamine monoacetic acid

One of the founding fathers of prebiotic chemistry, Stanley Miller, took up this question. The PNA polymer consists of ethylenediamine monoacetic acid (EDMA) units, which can also be called A-(2-ami noclhyl )-gl yci nc (AEG). 

Scheme 8 Reaction of [99mTc(OH2)3(CO)3]+ with simple tridentate N,0 ligands in aqueous solution a with diethylenetriamine, b with ethylenediamine monoacetic acid, c with imino-diacetic acid and d nitrilotriacetic acid...

Ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid Ethylene diamine monoacetic acid Ethylene diamine diacetic acid Ethylene diamine triacetic acid Ethylene diamine Tris(2-aminoethyl)amine Diethylenetriaminepentacetic acid 2.2.6.6- Tetramethylpiperidine 2.2.6.6- Tetramethylpiperidinol 2-(Dimethylamino) pyridine 4-(Dimethylamino) pyridine N-Butyl piperidine N,N-Diethyl cyclohexylamine... 

Glyodln. 2-lleptudecyl-At5.dihydro-lH-imidazole monoacetate 2-heptadecylglyoxalidine acetate Crag Fruit Fungicide 341. CjjHgjNjOj mol wt 368.59. C 71.68%, H 12.03%, N 7.60%. O 8.68%. Prepn from stearic acid and ethylenediamine Kiff, U.S, pat. 2,540,171 (1951 to Union Carbide and Carbon). 

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