Convenient method for synthesis of a carbon-14 analogue of DL-Phenyl alanine

Subject Areas : Journal of the Iranian Chemical Research

Gholamhossien Shirvani ¹ , Nader Saemian ² , Mohsen Javaheri ³

1 - Nuclear science Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
2 - Nuclear science Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran
3 - Nuclear science Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2010-08-08 Accepted : 2011-04-22 Published : 2011-03-31

Keywords: Carbon-14, Labeling, Phenyl alanine, Diethyl[2-14C] malonate,

Abstract :

DL-Phenyl alanine labeled with carbon-14 in the α-position has been synthesized from ethyl[2-14C] acetate as part of a 6-step sequence.

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