
%0 Journal Article
%A Harris, RLN 
%T Potential wool growth inhibitors. Synthesis of DL-&#945;-Amino-&#946;-(5-hydroxy-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2-yl)propionic acid, a pyrimidine analogue of mimosine
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1976/06/01
%V 29
%N 6
%P 1335-1339
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9761335
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9761335 
%X The synthesis of DL-&#945;-amino-&#946;-(5-hydroxy-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropyriidin-2-y)proponc acid (3), a pyrimidine analogue of mimosine, is described. The overall yield in four steps from aliphatic pre-cursors is 25%. 
