(S)-(-)-2-Pyrrolidinone-5-carboxylic acid is used as a building block for pharmaceuticals and asymmetric synthesis. It Is also used as a resolving agent for chiral bases and in an efficient synthesis of quinolizidine and indolizidine alkaloids.
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Applications
(S)-(-)-2-Pyrrolidinone-5-carboxylic acid is used as a building block for pharmaceuticals and asymmetric synthesis. It Is also used as a resolving agent for chiral bases and in an efficient synthesis of quinolizidine and indolizidine alkaloids.
Solubility
Soluble in water (10-15% at 20°C), alcohol, acetone, dimethyl sufoxide and methanol.
Notes
Keep container tightly sealed. Store in cool, dry conditions in well sealed containers. Incompatible with oxidizing agents.
RUO – Research Use Only
General References:
- Liang Wang.; Xiangju Meng.; Bin Wang.; Wenyang Chi.; Feng-Shou Xiao. Pyrrolidone-modified SBA-15 supported Au nanoparticles with superior catalytic properties in aerobic oxidation of alcohols. Chem. Commun. 2010, 46 (27), 5003-5005.
- Liang Wang.; Hong Wang.; Prokop Hapala.; Longfeng Zhu.; Limin Renb, Xiangju Meng.; James P. Lewis.; Feng-Shou Xiao. Superior catalytic properties in aerobic oxidation of olefins over Au nanoparticles on pyrrolidone-modified SBA-15. Journal of Catalysis. 2011, 281 (1), 30-393.
- Resolving agent for chiral bases: Helv. Chim. Acta, 41, 181 (1958). Versatile chiral starting material:
- Reduction to the alcohol followed by reaction with benzaldehyde gives a bicyclic lactam which is a useful chiral synthon: J. Org. Chem., 51, 3140 (1986); Tetrahedron Lett., 32, 1379 (1991):
- For use in an efficient synthesis of quinolizidine and indolizidine alkaloids, see: J. Org. Chem., 60, 717 (1995).