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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2009 Aug 28;240(2):180–188. doi: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.06.025

Figure 4. BMAA derivatization for GC-MS.

Figure 4

Derivatization of BMAA was accomplished using a pyridine catalyzed reaction with ethylchloroformate and ethanol. This one-step reaction simultaneously converts both the amino and carboxylic acid groups.