Potassium (S)-2-amino-4-carboxybutanoate → Sodium Glutamate

HRID 613449Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 613449 reaction equation
[Na+:1].COC1C=CC(OC(C)C([O-])=O)=CC=1.[NH2:16][C@H:17]([C:23]([O-:25])=[O:24])[CH2:18][CH2:19][C:20]([OH:22])=[O:21].[K+]>>[NH2:16][C@H:17]([C:23]([O-:25])=[O:24])[CH2:18][CH2:19][C:20]([OH:22])=[O:21].[Na+:1]

Participants

3

Reactant 2

HCID 23669634Potassium (S)-2-amino-4-carboxybutanoateHCID 23670520Sodium 2-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propanoate

Product 1

HCID 23672308Sodium Glutamate

Procedure

Addition of 0.5% by weight of (-)-2-(4-methoxyphenoxy)propionic acid sodium salt to monopotassium glutamate produced a flavor almost identical to monosodium glutamate. Virtually no bitter taste was detectable.

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-6ff09431933940e6ace8949022e544ea
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1999_12
Patent number
US06008250

Reaction notes

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