A new and convenient preparation of 1-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid from acrolein

J Salaun, J Marguerite, B Karkour

Index: Salauen, Jacques; Marguerite, Jacqueline; Karkour, Belkacem Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1990 , vol. 55, # 14 p. 4276 - 4281

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Abstract

Cyclopropanecarboxylic acid 3 and cyclopropanone hemiacetal 4 have been tested as possible convenient precursors of the a-aminocyclopropanecarboxylic acid (l), an immediate biosynthetic source of ethylene, the phytohormone which regulates plant growth. While acid 3 was aminated only in low yield and hemiacetal 4 did not submit to the Strecker synthesis, the benzophenone imine of 2-amino-4-chlorobutyronitrile 5, readily available from ...