Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
Abstract:
Catalytic transformation of serine-O-carbonate to S-aryl cysteine derivatives was successfully achieved in the presence of Li+ by the use of a pyridoxal model compound having an ionophore function, which is the first example mimicking cystathionine β-synthase, artificially.