174872-57-2Relevant articles and documents
Zinc-catalyzed amide cleavage and esterification of β- hydroxyethylamides
Kita, Yusuke,Nishii, Yuji,Higuchi, Takafumi,Mashima, Kazushi
, p. 5723 - 5726 (2012/08/07)
Snipping tool: Zn(OTf)2 is an efficient catalyst for selective cleavage of amides bearing a β-hydroxyethyl group on the nitrogen atom. The mechanism involves an N,O-acyl rearrangement and transesterification. This new catalytic system can be applied to sequence-specific peptide bond scission at the amine side of a serine residue. Tf=trifluoromethanesulfonyl. Copyright