The structure of serratamic acid
- 1 December 1957
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 67 (4), 663-669
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0670663
Abstract
The acid, C10H20[degree]3> from hydrolysis of serratamic acid was equated with D-3-hydroxydecanoic acid. Racemic serratamic acid and serratamic acid were synthesized and shown to be the optically inactive and active forms respectively of N-(3-hydroxydecanoyl) serine. DL-3-Hydroxydecanoic acid was resolved by fractional crystallization of cinchonidine salts. 2:3-Epoxydecanoic acid was synthesized. The infrared spectra of serratamic acid and several oxygenated decanoic acids were recorded.Keywords
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- Serratamic acid, a derivative of l-serine produced by organisms of the Serratia groupBiochemical Journal, 1955