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An unprecedented trans-oriented product from the cleavage of a dipeptide
1Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5641, USA.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|April 3, 2003
Abstract:
An unusual trans cleavage reaction was observed when trans-[Co(3,2,3-tet)Cl2]Cl (3,2,3-tet = N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl)ethylenediamine), was allowed to react with beta-alanyl-L-histidine (a bioactive dipeptide) in an aqueous medium at pH approximately 7.5 and 45 degrees C for 6 h.