Acetic Acid → 1-[2-carbamoylmethyl-3-mercaptopropanoyl]-L-proline

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Reaction Steps

2.1 g. of the product from Example 81 is dissolved in a mixture of water (40 ml.) and concentrated ammonia (40 ml.). After one hour the reaction mixture is concentrated to 1/3 volume, and applied to a column of Dowex 50 resin in the hydrogen cycle. The product is eluted with water. The aqueous is extracted with ethyl acetate and then concentrated to dryness to yield 1.4 g. of the named product Rf 0.50 (silica gel-Chloroform:methanol:acetic acid:water).

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