Akabori amino acid reaction
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There are several Akabori Amino Acid Reactions1.
1. In the first an α-amino acid is oxidised by heating it with an oxidizing sugar.
2. In the second an α-amino acids and esters are reduced by sodium amalgam and ethanolic HCl to give α-amino aldehydes.
[edit] Eponym
It is named after Shiro Akabori (1900-1992), A Japanese Chemist
[edit] References
- S. Akabori, J. Chem. Soc. Japan, 52, 606(1931); Ber, 66, 143,151(1933); J. Chem. Soc. Japan, 64, 608(1943)
- E. Takagi, et al., J. Pharm. Soc. Japan, 71, 648(1951); 72,812(1952)
- A. Lawson, H.V. Motley, J. Chem. Soc., 1955, 1695
- A. Lawson, J. Chem. Soc. 1956, 307
