抄録
By heating aromatic amino acids in aqueous solution of potassium persulfate, corresponding carbonyl compounds were obtained (Table I). In the case of DL-phenylglycine, benzaldehyde was obtained in a good yield of 77%, indicating that the reaction proceeded easily through the same route as with carbinols. The same reaction carried out with phenylacetic acid was found to form a dimter, diphenylethane, apart from the carbonyl compound. These results are interesting in that they suggest a kind of radical reaction taking place in an aqueous solution.
