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HRID 402970Generated: October 25, 2026

Dimethyl Sulfoxide → L-Methionine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDimethyl SulfoxideHCID 679—
Reactant2-Amino-4-bromobutanoic acid hydrobromideHCID 13877992—
ProductL-MethionineHCID 613782%
ProductL-HomoserineHCID 126472.6%

Reaction Steps

4-Bromo-2-aminobutanoic acid hydrobromide (1 eq.) was treated with sodium methane thiolate (3.2 eq.) in DMSO (25 eq.) at 80° C. for 1 hour. Methionine (82% yield) and homoserine (2.6% yield) were obtained.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08742170B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2014_06
ORD IDord-a4ac0a7adf914a1885be15bf342be42a
Source noteuspto-grants-2014_06