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Chapter 23: Q37E (page 783)

The amino acid leucine is biosynthesized from 伪-ketoisovalerate by the following sequence of steps. Show the mechanism of each.

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The synthesis of leucine takes place from 伪-ketoisovalerate.

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01

Given sequence

The given reaction sequence is as follows,

02

Mechanism

Following are the steps involved in the process of synthesis of Leucine is,

  1. Aldol type reaction.
  2. Oxidation of alcohol with help of NAD+
  3. Decarboxylation
  4. Condensation with NH3 followed by reducing the desired product.

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