Author: grehj
Date: Jan 2, 2008 09:59
... be a racemic mixture. that you get -only- 2 mole bits of 6-aminohexanoate says quite plainly that this reaction is -not- stereospecific, and here we see that the reaction proceeds via hydroxylation at the carbonyl group; http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/core/graphics/r1096.gif the OH- attacks at the carbonyl, not at any chiral centered nitrogen. all the 'beta amide' bit is meaningless....
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