Aminoacetaldehyde is the
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. T ...
with the formula OHCCH
2NH
2. Under the usual laboratory conditions, it is unstable, tending instead to undergo
self-condensation Self-condensation is an organic reaction in which a chemical compound containing a carbonyl group acts both as the electrophile and the nucleophile in an aldol condensation. It is also called a symmetrical aldol condensation as opposed to a mixed ...
.
Aminoacetaldehyde diethylacetal is a stable surrogate.
In nature, aminoacetaldehyde is produced by oxygenation of
taurine
Taurine (), or 2-aminoethanesulfonic acid, is an organic compound that is widely distributed in animal tissues. It is a major constituent of bile and can be found in the large intestine, and accounts for up to 0.1% of total human body weight. I ...
catalyzed by
taurine dioxygenase, which produces the sulfite H
2NCH
2CH(OH)SO
3−.
See also
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Aminoaldehydes and aminoketones Aminoaldehydes and aminoketones are organic compounds that contain an amine functional group as well as either a aldehyde or ketone functional group. These compounds are important in biology and in chemical synthesis. Because of their bifunctional ...
References
Amines
Aldehydes
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