Carbon-skeleton rearrangement of an amino acid derivative as mediated by hydrophobic vitamin B12 covalently bound to a lipid species in a bilayer membrane

Abstract

Diethyl 2-acetylamino-2-methylpropanedioate co-ordinated to a hydrophobic vitamin B₁₂ Covalently bound to a peptide lipid underwent a carbon-skeleton rearrangement to afford diethyl 2-acetylaminobutanedioate in the single-walled vesicle of N,N-bis(hexadecyl)-N^α-(6-sulfohexanoyl)-L-alaninamide under photolysis conditions.