SYNTHESIS OF PHOSPHOLIPID METABOLITES: L-α-GLYCERYLPHOSPHORYL-2-AMINO-2-METHYLPROPANOL
A constituent of and possible intermediate in the metabolism of phosphatidyl-2-amino-2-methylpropanols has been synthesized. The fatty-acid-free moiety, i.e. L-α-glycerylphosphoryl-2-amino-2-methylpropanol, was obtained by phosphorylating D-acetone glycerol with phosphorus oxychloride and quinoline, esterifying the acetone L-α-glycerylphosphoric acid dichloride with N-carbobenzoxy-2-amino-2-methylpropanol in the presence of pyridine, removing the acetone group of acetone L-α-glycerylphosphoryl-N-carbobenzoxy-2-amino-2-methylpropanol by mild acid hydrolysis, and freeing the barium salt of L-α-glycerylphosphoryl-N-carbobenzoxy-2-amino-2-methylpropanol from its protective carbobenzoxy group by catalytic hydrogenolysis.