Artificial model for cystathionine β-synthase: construction of a catalytic cycle with a pyridoxal model compound having an ionophore function

Catalytic transformation of serine-O-carbonate to S-aryl cysteine derivatives was successfully achieved in the presence of Li+ by the use of a pyridoxal model compound having an ionophore function, which is the first example mimicking cystathionine β-synthase, artificially.