On the synthesis of naphthoquinonyl heterocyclic amino acids

Prativa Bade Shrestha-Dawadi, Shmuel Bittner, Mati Fridkin, Shai Rahimipour

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Abstract

L-Histidine, N(α)-cbz-L-histidine, L-tryptophan and L-proline react with 1,4-naphthoquinone or 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone to afford modified N-quinonyl amino acids. With free α-amino acids, the quinone moiety is attached to the α-amino group. With blocked α-amino acids the quinone moiety is attached to the heterocyclic nitrogen atom.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1468-1472
Number of pages5
JournalSynthesis
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 1,4-naphthoquinone
  • 2,3-dichloro-1,4-naphthoquinone
  • Michael addition
  • N-quinonyl amino acids
  • α-amino acids

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