- Amino Acid Schiff Base Bearing Benzophenone Imine As a Platform for Highly Congested Unnatural α-Amino Acid Synthesis
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Unnatural α-amino acids are invaluable building blocks in synthetic organic chemistry and could upgrade the function of peptides. We developed a new mode for catalytic activation of amino acid Schiff bases, serving as a platform for highly congested unnatural α-amino acid synthesis. The redox active copper catalyst enabled efficient cross-coupling to construct contiguous tetrasubstituted carbon centers. The broad functional group compatibility highlights the mildness of the present catalysis. Notably, we achieved successive β-functionalization and oxidation of amino acid Schiff bases to afford dehydroalanine derivatives bearing tetrasubstituted carbon. A three-component cross-coupling reaction of an amino acid Schiff base, alkyl bromides, and styrene derivatives demonstrated the high utility of the present method. The diastereoselective reaction was also achieved using menthol derivatives as a chiral auxiliary, delivering enantiomerically enriched α-amino acid bearing α,β-continuous tetrasubstituted carbon. The synthesized highly congested unnatural α-amino acid could be derivatized and incorporated into peptide synthesis.
- Matsumoto, Yohei,Sawamura, Jun,Murata, Yumi,Nishikata, Takashi,Yazaki, Ryo,Ohshima, Takashi
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p. 8498 - 8505
(2020/05/18)
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- Synthesis of Hypervalent Iodine(III) Reagents Containing a Transferable (Diarylmethylene)amino Group and Their Use in the Oxidative Amination of Silyl Ketene Acetals
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The preparation of some hypervalent iodine reagents containing a transferable amino group derived from benzophenone imine derivatives is reported. The reagents can be readily prepared and stored as a bench-stable solid, and were successfully used in the transition-metal-free oxidative amination of silyl ketene acetals to afford the corresponding α-amino esters, the benzophenone imine moieties of which could be easily hydrolyzed, thereby leading to the formation of primary amines.
- Kiyokawa, Kensuke,Okumatsu, Daichi,Minakata, Satoshi
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supporting information
p. 8907 - 8911
(2019/05/28)
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- Access to α-Arylglycines by Umpolung Carboxylation of Aromatic Imines with Carbon Dioxide
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A straightforward and transition-metal-free approach for the efficient synthesis of α-arylglycine derivatives from aromatic imines and carbon dioxide was enabled by an umpolung carboxylation reaction. Various substituted diphenylmethimines underwent the carboxylation smoothly with carbon dioxide in the presence of potassium tert-butoxide and 18-crown-6 to give the corresponding carboxylated products in good to high yields. Besides the enhancement of the solubility of potassium tert-butoxide in THF, 18-crown-6 also plays key roles in suppressing the reverse protonation or 1, 3-proton shift isomerization as well as by stabilizing the carboxylated intermediate.
- Guo, Chun-Xiao,Zhang, Wen-Zhen,Zhou, Hui,Zhang, Ning,Lu, Xiao-Bing
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p. 17156 - 17159
(2016/11/23)
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- Regiodivergent Enantioselective γ-Additions of Oxazolones to 2,3-Butadienoates Catalyzed by Phosphines: Synthesis of α,α-Disubstituted α-Amino Acids and N,O-Acetal Derivatives
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Phosphine-catalyzed regiodivergent enantioselective C-2- and C-4-selective γ-additions of oxazolones to 2,3-butadienoates have been developed. The C-4-selective γ-addition of oxazolones occurred in a highly enantioselective manner when 2-aryl-4-alkyloxazol-5-(4H)-ones were employed as pronucleophiles. With the employment of 2-alkyl-4-aryloxazol-5-(4H)-ones as the donor, C-2-selective γ-addition of oxazolones took place in a highly enantioselective manner. The C-4-selective adducts provided rapid access to optically enriched α,α-disubstituted α-amino acid derivatives, and the C-2-selective products led to facile synthesis of chiral N,O-acetals and γ-lactols. Theoretical studies via DFT calculations suggested that the origin of the observed regioselectivity was due to the distortion energy that resulted from the interaction between the nucleophilic oxazolide and the electrophilic phosphonium intermediate.
- Wang, Tianli,Yu, Zhaoyuan,Hoon, Ding Long,Phee, Claire Yan,Lan, Yu,Lu, Yixin
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p. 265 - 271
(2016/01/25)
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- Efficient synthesis of functionalized α-aryl α-aminoesters via reaction of polyfunctional diarylzincs with a glycine cation equivalent
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Functionalized diarylzine reagents, easily available from the corresponding aryl halides by a halogen-lithium exchange followed by transmetalation with ZnCl2 react with a glycine cation equivalent to afford substituted α-aryl α-amino esters in good yields.
- Lamaty, Frederic,Lazaro, Rene,Martinez, Jean
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p. 3385 - 3386
(2007/10/03)
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