Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR CHEMICALLY BONDING AN AMINO ACID OR AN AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE TO A CHLOROSULFONATED POLYMER BY REACTING THE FREE AMINO GROUP WITH A CHLOROSULFONIC ACID GROUP ON THE POLYMER. ADDITIONAL AMINO ACID GROUPS CAN THEN BE REACTED WITH THE CARBOXYL GROUPS OF THE BONDED AMINO GROUP TO FORM PEPTIDES AND POLY-PEPTIDES.
Abstract:
A PROCESS FOR PREPARING ASPARTIC AMINO ACID ESTERS IS DISCLOSED WHEREIN N-CARBOBENZOXY ASPARTIC ACID ANHYDRIDE, AN AMINO ACID ESTER SALT AND A BASE ARE REACTED TOGETHER PRODUCING N-CARBOBENZOXY ASPARTIC AMINO ACID ESTER. THE N-CARBOBENZOXY ASPARTIC AMINO ACID ESTER IS THEN HYDROGENATED IN THE PRESENCE OF A PALLADIUM CATALYST TO SPLIT THE N-CARBOBENZOXY GROUP FROM THE ASPARTIC AMINO ACID ESTER. THE ASPARTIC AMINO ACID ESTERS HAVE SWEETENING PROPERTIES AND CAN BE USED AS A SWEETENING AGENT. ALPHA AND BETA ASPARTIC AMINO ACIDS CAN BE PRODUCED.
Abstract:
THE INVENTION PROVIDES A PROCESS FOR PREPARING PEPTIDES BY REACTING A COMPOUND CONTAINING AN AMINO GROUP HAVING AT LEAST ONE REPLACEABLE HYDROGEN ATOM WITH 2-THIONOXAZOLIDONE-5 COMPOUND DERIVED FROM AN A-AMINOCARBOXYLIC ACID.