Studies on the Synthesis of Amino Acids by the Schmidt Reaction. VI. Synthesis of Methionine Sulfoximine Analogs

Abstract

Toxic substance, which is contained in wheat flour treated with nitrogen trichloride and causing dogs to suffer a fit like epilepsy, was separated by Bently, et al. Although it had been confirmed that this substance is a specific compound having O atom and NH group attached to S atom, its analogs have not yet been synthesized. Therefore, several of its analogs were prepared by the reaction of (2-alkylthioethyl) malonic acid with hydrazoic acid.