Amino acids as CH acids

1.	Diastereomeric complexes of - and -bis-[N-salicylidene-S-alaninato]chromate(III)K and - and -bis-[N-salicylidene-S-valinato]chromate(III)K were synthesized and chromatographically separated. The absolute configuration of the diastereomers was demonstrated with the aid of ORD curves.
2.	The kinetics of the epimerization of - and -bis-[N-salicylidene-S-alaninato]chromate(III)K and - and -bis-[N-salicylidene-S-valinato]chromate(III)K under the action of OH– ions in water was studied: it was shown that the proton of the amino acid fragment is less labile in these complexes than in the isostructural complexes of Co3+ and Rh3+.