Decomposition of protonated threonine, its stereoisomers, and its homologues in the gas phase: Evidence for internal backside displacement

Scott V. Serafin, Kangling Zhang, Luigi Aurelio, Andrew B. Hughes, Thomas Hellman Morton

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Abstract

Protonated threonine and its allo diastereomer exhibit different proportions of collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) product ions. N-Methylation attenuates these differences. Water loss from protonated allo-threonine gives protonated trans-3-methylaziridinecarboxylic acid via an internal SN2 pathway, rather than protonated vinylglycine.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1561-1564
Number of pages4
JournalOrganic Letters
Volume6
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 May 2004
Externally publishedYes

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