Abstract: The reaction of aminoacetonitrile with acetopyruvic acid (2, 4-dioxovaleric acid) leads to the production of two isomeric products, which have been identified as the enamines formed by reaction at the LY or y keto function. The two enamines form at closely similar rates and the equilibrium constants are similar, so that the kinetics of the reaction are complicated. Analysis has led to rate constants for the two enamine forming reactions ...
