7298-96-6Relevant articles and documents
Syntheses of (2S,3R)- and (2S,3R)2H>- 3-Methylaspartic acid: Slow Substrates for a syn-Elimination Reaction catalysed by Methylaspartase.
Archer, Catherine H.,Thomas, Neil R.,Gani, David
, p. 1141 - 1152 (1993)
Methylaspartase catalyses the slow syn-elimination of ammonia from the (2S,3R)--diastereomer of the natural substrate, (2S,3S)-3-methylaspartic acid, to give mesaconic acid.To provide material of sufficient stereochemical purity to probe the mechanism of the reaction, two synthetic routes to (2S,3R)- and (2S,3R)2H>- 3-methylaspartic acid were devised.The use of these (2S,3R)-3-methylaspartic acids revealed that the enzymic reaction does not involve C-3 epimerisation followed by normal anti-elimination, ruling-out the possibility of a carbanion intermediate.Conversely, the substrate displayed very large primary deuterium isotope effects indicating rate-limiting C-H bond cleavage.
Organocatalytic synthesis of β-alkylaspartates via β-lactone ring opening
Armstrong, Alan,Geldart, Stephen P.,Jenner, Chloe R.,Scutt, James N.
, p. 8091 - 8094 (2008/02/13)
(Chemical Equation Presented) Cinchona alkaloid-catalyzed reaction of ethyl glyoxylate with substituted ketenes, formed in situ, gives disubstituted β-lactones in moderate yield and high enantiomeric excess. Subsequent azide ring opening, reduction, and e
