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Title: Phenylalanine question
Post by: tweek_ez on April 19, 2004, 05:54:00 AM

Question – The degradation of Phenylalanine using sodium hypochlorite will leave what? The aldehyde or a ketone? The reaction is based on that studied by Langheld . Who showed that when an alpha-amino acid is treated with sodium hypochlorite it is converted into an aldehyde containing one less carbon atom than the original amino acid?

Title: Strecker Degradation
Post by: Rhodium on April 19, 2004, 02:01:00 PM

The product is phenylacetaldehyde and the reaction is called Strecker Degradation (if you search for "strecker" you'll find more info).

Title: if it is aldehyde how will if fair in a ...
Post by: tweek_ez on April 20, 2004, 04:02:00 AM

if it is aldehyde how will if fair in a reaction with nitromethane alla benzaldehyde and nitroeethane??

Title: if it is aldehyde how will if fair in a ...
Post by: foxy2 on April 21, 2004, 07:26:00 PM

if it is aldehyde how will if fair in a reaction with nitromethane alla benzaldehyde and nitroeethane??

It might react, but the product will bee the inactive 1-phenyl-3-amino-butane.

Title: thought as much. cheers ;-)
Post by: tweek_ez on April 22, 2004, 03:13:00 AM