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Synthesis of Indoleacetic Acid from Glutamic Acid and a Proposed Mechanism for the Conversion
Sidney W. Fox, Milon W. Bullock
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73 (6), pp 2754–2755
DOI: 10.1021/ja01150a094
Synthesis of Indole-3-acetic Acids and 2-Carboxyindole-3-acetic Acids with Substituents in the Benzene Ring
Sidney W. Fox, Milon W. Bullock
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73 (6), pp 2756–2759
DOI: 10.1021/ja01150a095
The Strecker Degradation of ?-Amino Acids.
Alexander. Schonberg, Radwan. Moubacher
Chem. Rev., 1952, 50 (2), pp 261–277
DOI: 10.1021/cr60156a002
(No abstract for the big one)
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Synthesis of Indoleacetic Acid from Glutamic Acid and a Proposed Mechanism for the Conversion
Sidney W. Fox, Milon W. Bullock
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73 (6), pp 2754–2755
DOI: 10.1021/ja01150a094
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Abstract
An economical method for converting glutamic acid to indolacetic acid, through the intermediate succinaldehydic acid phenylhydrazone, has been developed. a-Ketoglutaric acid has been found as a byproduct in the preparation of the succinaldehydic acid. FOr the decomposition of the intermediate a-N-chloraminoglutaric acid there is a proposed mechanism which explains the formation of all the products from the reaction mixture.
Synthesis of Indole-3-acetic Acids and 2-Carboxyindole-3-acetic Acids with Substituents in the Benzene Ring
Sidney W. Fox, Milon W. Bullock
J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1951, 73 (6), pp 2756–2759
DOI: 10.1021/ja01150a095
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Abstract
A number of indole-3-acetic acids are with substituents in the benzene ring have been prepared by the Fischer cyclization of the corresponding succinaldehydic acid phenylhydrazones which were in turn prepared by the sequence of reactions: glutamic acid --> succinaldehydic acid --> succinaldehydic phenylhydrazone. The 4- and 6- chloroindole-3-acetic acids have also been synthesized by condensation of the corresponding indolylmagnesium iodide complexes with chloroacetonitrile and subsequent hydrolysis of the nitriles to the acids. Several of the corresponding substituted 2-carboxyindole-3-acetic acids have been obtained by the cyclization of the substituted a-ketoglutaric acid phenylhydrazones resulting either as byproducts from the preparation of the succinaldehydic acid phenylhydrazones or, in the form of their diethyl esters, by the Japp-Klingemann reaction between ethyl a-acetoglutarate and a phenyldiazonium salt.
The Strecker Degradation of ?-Amino Acids.
Alexander. Schonberg, Radwan. Moubacher
Chem. Rev., 1952, 50 (2), pp 261–277
DOI: 10.1021/cr60156a002
(No abstract for the big one)
THANKS

