- Formyloxyacetoxyphenylmethane as an N-Formylating Reagent for Amines, Amino Acids, and Peptides
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Formyloxyacetoxyphenylmethane is a stable, water-tolerant, N-formylating reagent for primary and secondary amines that can be used under solvent-free conditions at room temperature to prepare a range of N-formamides, N-formylanilines, N-formyl-α-amino acids, N-formylpeptides, and an isocyanide.
- Chapman, Robert S. L.,Lawrence, Ruth,Williams, Jonathan M. J.,Bull, Steven D.
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p. 4908 - 4911
(2017/09/23)
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- Mild and convenient N-formylation protocol in water-containing solvents
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We have realized that N-formylations of free amines of some drug leads can improve PK/PD property of parent molecules without decreasing their biological activities. In order to selectively formylate primary amines of polyfunctional molecules, we have sought a mild and convenient formylation reaction. In our screening of N-formylation of an α-amino acid, l-phenylalanine, none of formylation conditions reported to date yielded the desired HCO-l-Phe-OH with satisfactory yield. N-formylations of amino acids with HCO2H require a water-containing media and suppress polymerization reactions due to the competitive reactions among carboxylic acids. We found that N-formylations of α-amino acids could be achieved with a water-soluble peptide coupling additive, an Oxyma derivative, (2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxolan-4-yl)methyl-2-cyano-2- (hydroxyimino)acetate (2), EDCI, and NaHCO3 in water or a mixture of water and DMF system, yielding N-formylated α-amino acids with excellent yields. Moreover, these conditions could selectively formylate primary amines over secondary amines at a controlled temperature. A usefulness of these conditions was demonstrated by selective formylation of daptomycin antibiotic which contains three different amino groups.
- Aleiwi, Bilal A.,Mitachi, Katsuhiko,Kurosu, Michio
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p. 2077 - 2081
(2013/05/08)
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