Main Reaction: 1-Piperidine + Methylglyoxal >> 2-acetyltetrahydropyridine

Reference: PubMed ID: 17288446
Authors: Wu ML, Chen JH, Ho CT, Huang TC
Title: Synthesis of 1-piperideine-6-carboxylic acid produced by L-lysine-epsilon-aminotransferase from the Streptomyces clavuligerus gene expressed in Escherichia coli.
Published: 2007 Mar 7

1-Piperidine + Methylglyoxal --> 2-acetyltetrahydropyridine