Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321971371
Author: Leroy G. Wade, Jan W. Simek
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 24, Problem 24.36SP
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Interpretation: The structure for aspartame is to be determined.
Concept introduction: Aspartame is an artificial sweetener. It is approx 200 times as sweet as sugar and does not have the bitter aftertaste of stevia. So it has 200 times fewer calories. Aspartame is basically calorie-free.
To determine: The structure for aspartame.
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Ethoxide ion deprotonates diethyl acetamidomalonate, forming enolate anion 1;
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Acid hydrolysis yields dicarboxyamino alcohol 4;
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Write out the mechanism on a separate sheet of paper, and then draw the structure of tetrahedral intermediate 2.
You do not have to consider stereochemistry.
You do not have to explicitly draw H atoms.
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Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)
Ch. 24.2A - Draw three-dimensional representations of the...Ch. 24.2A - Prob. 24.2PCh. 24.2B - The herbicide glyphosate (Roundup) kills plants by...Ch. 24.4 - Draw the structure of the predominant form of a....Ch. 24.4 - Draw the resonance forms of a protonated guanidino...Ch. 24.4 - Although tryptophan contains a heterocyclic amine,...Ch. 24.4 - Prob. 24.7PCh. 24.4 - Prob. 24.8PCh. 24.5A - Show how the following amino acids might be formed...Ch. 24.5B - Prob. 24.10P
Ch. 24.5C - Prob. 24.11PCh. 24.5C - Show how you would use a Strecker synthesis to...Ch. 24.6 - Suggest how you would separate the free i-ammo...Ch. 24.7A - Propose a mechanism for the acid-catalyzed...Ch. 24.7A - Give equations for the formation and...Ch. 24.7B - Prob. 24.16PCh. 24.7C - Prob. 24.17PCh. 24.8B - Draw the complete structures of the following...Ch. 24.9C - Prob. 24.19PCh. 24.9C - Prob. 24.20PCh. 24.9C - Prob. 24.21PCh. 24.9E - Prob. 24.22PCh. 24.9E - Prob. 24.23PCh. 24.10A - Propose a mechanism for the coupling of acetic...Ch. 24.10B - Show how you would synthesize Leu-Gly-Ala-Val-Phe...Ch. 24.10B - Show how solid-phase peptide synthesis would be...Ch. 24 - a. The isoelectric point (pl) of phenylalanine is...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.28SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.29SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.30SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.31SPCh. 24 - Suggest a method for the synthesis of the...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.33SPCh. 24 - Write the complete structures for the following...Ch. 24 - The following structure is drawn in an...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.36SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.37SPCh. 24 - Show the steps and intermediates in the synthesis...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.39SPCh. 24 - Lipoic acid is often found near the active sites...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.41SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.42SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.43SPCh. 24 - Complete hydrolysis of an unknown basic...Ch. 24 - Prob. 24.45SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.46SPCh. 24 - Prob. 24.47SP
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