Penilloic acid → L-Penicillamine

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Reaction Steps

The sodium salt of the penilloic acid is reacted with a mercuric halogenide, for example mercuric chloride, or a mercuric salt in the presence of halogen ions in aqueous solution. This results in the formation of a penicillamine-mercuric-halogenide-complex compound which is isolated by filtration and then thoroughly freed from the formed by-product penilloaldehyde and the inorganic salt by washing and suspending.

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