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3-amino-3-phenylpropionamide
Is there an easy, facile synthesis for this simple compound? Perhaps starting with tyrosine?
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Brominate acetophenone and react with cyanide, to get most of the way there...
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The d,l-acid is available commercially (CAS 614-19-7) and there are likely several referenced syntheses since beta-amino acids have attracted a lot of
attention. With the acid in hand, it can be converted to the amide using standard methods.
Perhaps reaction of easily available ethyl cinnamate with ammonia could give you some of the compound in one fell swoop.
The attached file, though not for the specific compound, may be of interest.
AvB
Attachment: Amine addition to electron difficient alkenes.pdf (1.3MB)
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Thank you all for the replies.
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shed light upon their stolen life
they - drive by night- and act as if they're
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From available and inexpensive cinnamic acid, one could perform an acid addition across the alkene (HBr should proceed at rt. to 60), giving the
exclusive Markovnikov product (the beta halo acid in this instance due to aromatic stabilization). Aminate this, then convert the acid to amide.
Just so you know... if you are trying to make an opioid of this, I looked over all the relevant binding data, and it doesn't look promising from this
route if you couldn't get there on your own. Edit: that is the only reason I bother to help you considering what how insufferable you were last time,
and yet you still aren't posting in the correct sub forums without moderator assistance.
[Edited on 26-9-2014 by Chemosynthesis]
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