The synthesis of a cyclopropane amino acid, trans-α-(carboxycyclopropyl)glycine, found in ackee seed

1 January 1983

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Perkin Transactions 1

No. 12,p. 2921-2925
https://doi.org/10.1039/p19830002921

Abstract

trans-α-(Carboxycyclopropyl)glycine, a constituent of ackee seed (Blighia sapida), has been synthesized via the key intermediate ethyl (E)-4,4-diethoxybut-2-enoate

Keywords

AMINO ACID

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