Homochiral syntheses of two stable nitrogen analogues of S-adenosyl-L-methionine (AdoMet) are described. In the first analogue, AzaAdoMet, the sulfonium center of AdoMet, is replaced by an N-methyl moiety whose pK a is 7.08. This provides a charge-switchable analogue of AdoMet whose ionic state is a function of the pH. A second analogue, MeAzaAdoMet, has a quaternary dimethylammonium group in place of the methylsulfonium center of AdoMet: thus, its ionic state is independent of pH.
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