A Convenient Method for Introducing Oxo Group into the. BETA.-Position of Cyclic Amines and Its Application to Synthesis of. DELTA.-Aminolevulinic Acid.

Y Matsumura, Y Takeshima, H Okita

Index: Matsumura; Takeshima; Okita Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 1994 , vol. 67, # 1 p. 304 - 306

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 14

Abstract

Oxo group could be introduced into the β-position of N-methoxycarbonylated cyclic amines by utilizing electrochemical oxidation and/or m-chloroperbenzoic acid oxidation, and this method was applied to the preparation of δ-aminolevulinic acid, an intermediate of chlorophyll biosynthesis.