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Formation and instability of o-phthalaldehyde derivatives of amino acids. 1989

M C García Alvarez-Coque, and M J Medina Hernández, and R M Villanueva Camañas, and C Mongay Fernández
Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad de Valencia, Spain.

o-Phthalaldehyde reacts with amino acids in the presence of a thiol to give highly fluorescent 1-alkyl-thio-2-alkyl-substituted isoindoles. However, the instability of the derivatives limits the general utility of the reaction. Mechanistic descriptions of isoindole formation and degradation proposed in the last years, which permit a better understanding of the factors affecting isoindole stability, are presented. The use of alternative thiols and o-phthalaldehyde-like reagents is also reviewed.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007211 Indoles Benzopyrroles with the nitrogen at the number one carbon adjacent to the benzyl portion, in contrast to ISOINDOLES which have the nitrogen away from the six-membered ring.
D009764 o-Phthalaldehyde A reagent that forms fluorescent conjugation products with primary amines. It is used for the detection of many biogenic amines, peptides, and proteins in nanogram quantities in body fluids. ortho-Phthalaldehyde,Orthophthaldialdehyde,o-Phthaldialdehyde,ortho-Phthalic Aldehyde,Aldehyde, ortho-Phthalic,o Phthalaldehyde,o Phthaldialdehyde,ortho Phthalaldehyde,ortho Phthalic Aldehyde
D000447 Aldehydes Organic compounds containing a carbonyl group in the form -CHO. Aldehyde
D000596 Amino Acids Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins. Amino Acid,Acid, Amino,Acids, Amino

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