Chemical Studies on Tuberactinomycin. VII. Synthesis of γ-Hydroxy-β-lysine

Abstract γ-Hydroxy-β-lysine is a new basic amino acid isolated from the hydrolyzates of antitubercular peptides, tuberactinomycin A and N. In order to confirm the structure and establish the stereochemistry of the amino acid, two diastereoisomers of γ-hydroxy-Dl-β-lysine were synthesized by Arndt-Eistert synthesis via β-hiydroxyornithine. Synthetic erythro and threo isomers were found to be identical spectroscopically and chromatographically with the corresponding forms obtained from the antibiotics respectively.