Synthesis 2009(11): 1933-1934  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1088064
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A Robust Synthesis of N ε-(Carboxymethyl)-l-lysine (CML)

René Csuk*, Sebastian Stark, Alexander Barthel, Ralph Kluge, Dieter Ströhl
Bereich Organische Chemie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Kurt-Mothes-Straße 2, 06120 Halle, Germany
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Publication History

Received 1 December 2008
Publication Date:
27 April 2009 (online)

Abstract

N ε-(Carboxymethyl)-l-lysine is easily obtained by reductive amination of glyoxylic acid with N α-acetyl-l-lysine in the presence of a palladium catalyst and hydrogen.