any insights into DL-3,3-diphenylalanine

[(zonk)]

any insights to it's pharmacology and metabolism? would it be subject to hydroxylase and decarboxylase as easily as dl-pa to form didopamine and diphenethylamine, or would it block enzymes like 4-chlorophenylalanine? Was hoping to produce unnatural neurotransmitters for more of an effect(stronger and longer). Was hoping for no toxicity?

 

[sekio]

I would expect with such a bulky substituent on it that B-phenylphenylalanine would be more of an enzyme blocker.

Also, B-phenyldopamine wouldn't neccesarily be a 1:1 analog of dopamine.