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Preparation of α-aminothioamides from aldehydes
Paventi, Martino,Edward, John T.
, p. 282 - 289 (2007/10/02)
The conversion of aldehydes into α-aminonitriles and thence into imidazolidin-4-thiones has been studied.Hydrolysis of the appropriate imidazolidin-4-thiones gave thioamides of nine naturally occuring α-amino acids.The possible pre-biotic significance of these compounds is discussed.
