Hydrochloric Acid → O-(3-Mercaptopropanoyl)glycolic Acid

HRID 1733412Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 1733412 reaction equation
C([S:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][C:7]([O:9][C:10](=[O:13])[CH2:11][OH:12])=[O:8])(=O)C.[OH-].[NH4+].Cl>O>[SH:4][CH2:5][CH2:6][C:7]([O:9][C:10](=[O:13])[CH2:11][OH:12])=[O:8]

Participants

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Procedure

O-(3-acetylthiopropanoyl)glycolic acid from Example 1 (1.3 g.), under a blanket of argon is treated for fifteen minutes with a cold solution of 7 ml. of water and 7 ml. of concentrated ammonium hydroxide. This is chilled, acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid and extracted into ethyl acetate, yield: 1.2 g. This product O-(3-mercaptopropanoyl)-glycolic acid is chromatographed on DEAE Sephadex A25 (Polidextrane anion exchange resin) with a linear gradient of ammonium bicarbonate. The desired fractions (45-70; U.V. peak at 254 nm.) are pooled, concentrated and lyophilized. This ammonium salt of O-(3-mercaptopropanoyl)glycolic acid is converted to the free acid by treatment with Dowex 50WX2 cation exchange resin, yield 320 mg. The O-(3-mercaptopropanoyl)glycolic acid is converted to the dicyclohexylamine salt by dissolving in ether and precipitating by the addition of dicyclohexylamine, m.p. 143°-144°.

Workup

  1. temperatureThis is chilled
  2. extractionextracted into ethyl acetate, yield: 1.2 g
  3. customThis product O-(3-mercaptopropanoyl)-glycolic acid is chromatographed on DEAE Sephadex A25 (Polidextrane anion exchange resin) with a linear gradient of ammonium bicarbonate
  4. concentrationconcentrated
  5. dissolutionby dissolving in ether
  6. customprecipitating by the addition of dicyclohexylamine, m.p. 143°-144°

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-ad2eb018f1cd41c39d0061c45d323f6b
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1980_12
Patent number
US04242265

Reaction notes

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