The high intensity natural sweetener monatin, an .alpha.-amino acid (1) is synthesized from readily available starting materials. Regiospecific ring opening of epoxide (9) with indole magnesium bromide yields lactone (11). Amination of (11) followed by saponification yields Monatin.
高强度天然
甜味剂莫纳汀是一种
α-氨基酸(1),由易得的起始材料合成而成。使用
吲哚镁溴酸盐对环氧化合物(9)进行区域特异性开环,得到内酯(11)。将(11)进行
氨基化,然后皂化,得到莫纳汀。