title: Chemical behaviour of cytidine 5'-monophospho-N-acetyl-beta-D-neuraminic acid under neutral and alkaline conditions.
abstract: The chemical behaviour of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid under neutral and different alkaline conditions has been investigated. The products formed were isolated by ion-exchange chromatography and gel filtration and analysed by colorimetric methods, thin-layer chromatography, combined gas-liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry and/or 360-MHz 1H-NMR spectroscopy. A maximum stability of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid was observed at pH8-11. In the tested pH range of 6-13, CMP and N-acetylneuraminic acid were formed in variable amounts as decomposition products. 2-Deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid was produced at pH greater than 7; the amount of this substance increased with increasing pH. In anhydrous triethylamine its yield was 50%. A new neuraminic acid derivative, N-acetyl-beta-D-neuraminic acid 2-phosphate, could be isolated from the mixture of alkaline decomposition products of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid. The yield of this compound was maximum 22% in anhydrous triethylamine. Because 2-deoxy-2,3-dehydro-N-acetylneuraminic acid was formed under simulated physiological conditions, it is assumed that this compound, which occurs in tissues and fluids of man and animals, is derived from CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid non-enzymically also under conditions in vivo.
mesh_terms: D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D002855:Chromatography, Thin Layer; D003124:Colorimetry; D003569:Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D012794:Sialic Acids; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D012794:Sialic Acids; D003569:Cytidine Monophosphate N-Acetylneuraminic Acid