2-Hydroxy-2-[(1H-indol-3-yl)methyl]-4-(methoxyimino)pentanedioic acid → D-Glutamic acid, 4-hydroxy-4-(1H-indol-3-ylmethyl)-, (4S)-

HRID 133669Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 133669 reaction equation
[OH:1][C:2]([CH2:14][C:15]1[C:23]2[C:18](=[CH:19][CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=2)[NH:17][CH:16]=1)([C:11]([OH:13])=[O:12])[CH2:3][C:4](=[N:8]OC)[C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6].[H][H]>N.[C].[Rh]>[OH:1][C@@:2]([CH2:14][C:15]1[C:23]2[C:18](=[CH:19][CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=2)[NH:17][CH:16]=1)([C:11]([OH:13])=[O:12])[CH2:3][C@@H:4]([NH2:8])[C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6].[OH:1][C@:2]([CH2:14][C:15]1[C:23]2[C:18](=[CH:19][CH:20]=[CH:21][CH:22]=2)[NH:17][CH:16]=1)([C:11]([OH:13])=[O:12])[CH2:3][C@@H:4]([NH2:8])[C:5]([OH:7])=[O:6]

Participants

6

Procedure

0.264 g (0.824 mmol) of 4-hydroxy-4-(3-indolylmethyl)-2-methoxyiminoglutaric acid was dissolved in 10 ml of aqueous 28% ammonia. 0.18 g of 5% rhodium carbon (dry product) was added and the mixture stirred at a hydrogen pressure of 7.5 atmospheres for 18 hours. The catalyst was filtered off and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure, to obtain the residue. The resulting residue was analyzed by NMR, and a mixture of 0.115 g (0.395 mmol; yield, 48%) of (2S, 4S)/(2R, 4R)-4-hydroxy-4-(3-indolylmethyl) -2-aminoglutaric acid (monatin) and 0.065 g (0.223 mmol; yield, 27%) of (2S, 4R)/(2R, 4S)-4-hydroxy-4-(3-indolylmethyl)-2-aminoglutaric acid was found to have been generated.

Workup

  1. filtrationThe catalyst was filtered off
  2. distillationthe solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure
  3. customto obtain the residue

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-4e44fc8afda34e43aeb514191ddc0b9a
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_06
Patent number
US07390909B2

Reaction notes

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