Reaction of tryptophan with trifluoroace
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Jan Bergman; GΓΆran Lidgren
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Article
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1989
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Elsevier Science
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French
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Trifluoroacetic anhydride {TFAA) in ether quickly (= 5-10 min) converted tryptophau to the crystalline 2-trifluoromethyl-5(4@-oxazolone (2) without racemization. Dissolution of optically active 2 in acetonitrile gave racemic 2, whereas treatment with hot aqueous dioxane gave the isomeric oxazolone (