THIAMINE: A NOVEL CONVERSION FROM THIOCHROME.
Reaction of thiochrome with with alpha-chloropropionic acid yields thiamine and acetaldehyde. The reaction seems to proceed by way of a zwitterion intermediate that undergoes decarboxylation and hydrolysis. The biological significance of the reaction cannot yet be evaluated.
D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003653:Decarboxylation; D010860:Pigments, Biological; D013831:Thiamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D015003:Yeasts
D010860:Pigments, Biological; C005793:thiochrome; D013831:Thiamine
CHEMISTRY; PIGMENTS; THIAMINE; YEASTS