Answer to Question #330861 in Organic Chemistry for Barend

Question

Write chemical reaction to produce phosphatidyl choline from phosphatidic acid.

Answer 1

This is the desired reaction:

However, in nature phosphatidylcholine is synthesized via diacylglycerol (DAG) and CDP-choline:

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