Journal of the American Chemical Society

Tosyl-α-amino Acids. I. Degradation of the Acid Chlorides and Azides by Aqueous Alkali

AF Beecham

Index: Beecham Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1957 , vol. 79, p. 3257,3261

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Citation Number: 56

Abstract

3255 AF BEECHAM rr01. 79 found that several cy-(arylsu1fonamido)-propionyl and- phenylacetyl chlorides were similarly degraded. The present author, unaware until recently of this work, already has reported briefly? that certain tosyl-a-amino acid chlorides undergo this reaction in the presence of cold aqueous alkali with the formation of p- toluenesulfonamide, a carbonyl compound arising from the a-carbon atom with its side ...