(1) A. N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 ul. Vavilova, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation
Abstract:
Two methods for the synthesis of N-(2-chloroethyl)glycine and-DL-alanine esters are proposed: 1) reductive amination of the C=O group of glyoxilic or pyruvic acids upon treatment with 2-chloroethylamine
and sodium cyanoborohydride in methanol and 2) alkylation of 2-chloroethylamine with α-haloalkanoic acid esters in K2CO3-MeCN two-phase system.
Published in Russian in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 12, pp. 2372–2374, December, 2007.