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HRID 414134Generated: October 30, 2026

Formamide → N-Formyl-L-tyrosine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormamideHCID 713—
ReactantL-TyrosineHCID 6057—
ProductN-Formyl-L-tyrosineHCID 13025455—

Reaction Steps

Under a nitrogen atmosphere, a slurry of 1.81 gm (10 mmol) tyrosine in 4.0 ml (100 mmol) formamide was heated at 90° C. for 19 hours and 10 minutes. Examination of the resulting homogeneous solution by proton NMR showed an 84% conversion of the tyrosine to its N-formyl derivative.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS04789757
Source datasetuspto-grants-1988_12
ORD IDord-4842c3cd3bd64d55beae526ac76570de
Source noteuspto-grants-1988_12