L-Alaninol

Chemical properties

Colorless liquid

The Uses of L-Alaninol

S-(+)-2-Amino-1-propanol is an aliphatic amino alcohol shown to induce an antiproliferative effect in B16 melanoma cells. S-(+)-2-Amino-1-propanol is used in the preparation of oxazolines which are of ten used as ligands in homogeneous catalysis.

The Uses of L-Alaninol

(S)-(+)-2-Amino-1-propanol (L-Alaninol) may be used in the preparation of unsymmetrical tridentate Schiff base ligands via condensation with carbonyl compounds. It may also be used as a chiral auxillary for the preparation of tert-butyl 4-N-[(2-hydroxy-1-(S)-methyl)ethylamino]-2-methylene-4-(S)-phenyl-butyrate.

Definition

ChEBI: An amino alcohol that is L-alanine in which the carboxy group has been reduced to the corresponding alcohol.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Pseudomonas sp. strain KIE171 was able to grow with L-alaninol [S-(+)-2-amino-1-propanol] as the sole carbon source[1]. W?sch et al. found that mutant KIE171-BI transformed isopropylamine to L-alaninol, mutant KIE171-BII failed to do so.

Purification Methods

Purify it as for S-2-amino-3-methylbutan-1-ol below. [Beilstein 4 IV 1615.]

References

[1] Susana I de Azevedo W?sch. “Transformation of isopropylamine to L-alaninol by Pseudomonas sp. strain KIE171 involves N-glutamylated intermediates.”Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2002): 68.