L-Glutamine → Phenylacetylglutamine

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Phenylacetylisoglutamine can be synthesized by the reaction of phenylacetyl chloride with L-glutamine to yield phenylacetylglutamine, with subsequent heating under vacuum at 160° C. to yield 3-phenylacetylamino-2,6-piperidinedione, which can then be treated with sodium hydroxide. Also, phenylacetylisoglutamine can be prepared by treatment of phenylacetic acid with N,N′-disuccinimidyl carbonate in acetonitrile followed by reaction with L-isoglutamine in the presence of NaHCO3 in a 1:1 acetonitrile/water mixture. However, the second synthesis requires L-isoglutamine, which is expensive, so the former route of synthesis is preferred on economic grounds. In either synthetic pathway, D-glutamine or a racemic mixture of glutamine stereoisomers can be used in place of L-glutamine, or D-isoglutamine or a racemic mixture of isoglutamine stereoisomers can be used in place of L-isoglutamine, yielding the corresponding optical isomer of phenylacetylglutamine. Either optical isomer of phenylacetylisoglutamine, or a mixture thereof in any proportion, can be used in the present invention.

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