Some Reactions of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid with Cyclic β-Diketones

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Elaine H. Brown and Anthony R. Butler


Abstract

5-Aminolevulinic acid reacts, under acidic conditions, with cyclohexane-1,3-diones to give 3-(2′-carboxyethyl)tetrahydroindol-4-ones which were characterised, in part, by 2D NMR spectroscopy.


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