title: Efficient preparation of L-cysteic acid and its esters.
abstract: L-Cysteic acid and its esters were prepared in good yields from the oxidation of L-cystine by chlorine in water and in alcohols. When the reaction was carried out in alcohols the corresponding esters were produced.
authors.affiliation: Chengdu Institute of Biology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, P.R. China.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols / Q000737:chemistry; D002713:Chlorine / Q000737:chemistry; D003544:Cysteic Acid / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004952:Esters; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols; D004952:Esters; D002713:Chlorine; D003544:Cysteic Acid; D010100:Oxygen