Elucidation of the Mechanism of Pyrazinone Formation in Glycine Model Systems Using Labeled Sugars and Amino Acids
作者:Anahita Keyhani、Varoujan A. Yaylayan
DOI:10.1021/jf960067z
日期:1996.1.1
Model studies using D-[C-13]glucoses and a series of C-2, C-3, and C-4 dicarbonyl compounds with labeled [N-15/C-13]glycines have indicated that methyl-substituted pyrazines and pyrazinones formed in these model systems have a common intermediate. The labeling studies have also helped to identify a new chemical transformation of alpha-dicarbonyls, affected by the amino acid, that lead to the addition of the C-2 atom of the amino acid to the alpha-dicarbonyl compounds, instead of the amino group as in the case of the Strecker-type interaction between the two reactants. Thus, glyoxal and pyruvaldehyde can be transformed into pyruvaldehyde and 2,3-butanedione, respectively, by the amino acid. Two pathways of formation of pyrazinones were distinguished on the basis of the labeling experiments, one involving the reaction of 3 mol of glycine and the other the interaction of the dipeptide glycylglycine with an alpha-dicarbonyl compound.