Journal of the American Chemical SocietyHypochlorous AcidAmino AcidsCyanidesNitrilesDensity Functional Theory
Rapid Activation of Amino Acids with Cyanide and Hypochlorite.
Luke K Marshall, Ruiqin Yi, Joshua J Brown, Albert C Fahrenbach
Published: 202510.1021/jacs.5c12639
Abstract
Cyanogen chloride (NCCl) produced from the reaction of -CN with HOCl has previously been shown to afford activation of ribonucleotides. We now report that NCCl reacts with primary aliphatic amino acids to rapidly produce N-carbamoyl dipeptides in exc…
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