Summary
L-Homophenylalanine, namely (s) - 2-amino-4-phenylbutyric acid, is an unnatural chiral compound α- Amino acids, such amino acids and their esters are important raw materials for the preparation of angiotensin (ACE) inhibitors.
It is the common intermediate of about 20 new antihypertensive drugs in the world. For example, it can be directly used to manufacture enalapril, benazepril, lisinopril, captopril, temocapril, cilazapril, etc. it can also be used to manufacture a variety of antihypertensive drugs such as sprirapril, delapril, imidapril, Quinapril, etc. through the preparation of peptide compounds (NEPA).