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reaction,
CuSO
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(0.02 equiv, 0.64 mg), sodium ascorbate
(
0.3 equiv, 7.6 mg) were added to the solution of linear peptidic
t
component 5d (100 mg 0.128 mmol) in BuOH/water (3:1;
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mass and H NMR spectroscopy.
20. General procedure for the preparation of Ugi products 5a–h: To a stirred
solution of aldehyde 2 (0.1 mmol) and glucose amine 4 (0.1 mmol) in methanol
In summary, an effective protocol has been designed to access
cyclic glycopeptidomimetics by employing Ugi MCR and click reac-
tions in a sequential manner. Poc-amino alkyl isonitrile is used for
the first time in MCR reactions and the alkyne moiety of Poc group
is made to participate in the intramolecular cycloaddition with an
azide situated at the other terminus. The resulting cyclic neoglyco-
peptidomimetic was isolated in moderate yield and characterized.
Click reaction is very efficient in bringing out the cyclization with-
out considerable byproducts.
(
2
5 mL) Poc-AA-w[CH NC] 1 (0.1 mmol) and azido acid 3 (0.1 mmol) were
added under nitrogen atmosphere. The stirring was continued for 18 h. After
completion of the reaction by TLC, the solvent was evaporated and the residual
mass extracted into ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water
(
2 Â 15 mL) and brine (1 Â 15 mL) and concentrated under reduced pressure to
yield the crude product. The crude was then purified by column
chromatography (35% AcOEt in n-hexane) to obtain the pure linear peptidic
component 5 as a solid (yield 73%).
Characterization data for compound 5d: Brown solid; mp = 76–78 °C; IR (KBr)
1
t
max = 1692, 1735, 2122, 3340 cm ; R
f
= 0.21 (EtOAc: n-hexane, 40:60); RP-
1
HPLC R
t
= 16.8 (20–100% CH
3 6
CN, 30 min); H NMR (DMSO-d , 400 MHz) d 0.87
(
d, 6H, J = 5.8 Hz), 0.93 (d, 6H, J = 6.4 Hz), 1.32 (m, 2H), 1.65 (m, 1H), 1.98 (s,
1
1
1
2H), 2.1 (t, 1H, J = 4.6 Hz), 2.31 (m, 1H), 2.48 (s, 1H), 3.46 (m, 2H), 4.10 (m,
H), 4.24 (d, 2H, J = 7.2 Hz), 4.53 (s, 2H), 4.61 (m, 1H), 4.69 (m, 1H), 4.98 (m,
H), 5.21 (m, 1H), 6.02 (s, 1H), 6.10-6.22 (m, 2H), 6.24 (d, 1H, J = 6.4 Hz), 6.89
Acknowledgment
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We thank the Department of Science and Technology, Govern-
ment of India, New Delhi, for the financial assistance (Grant No.
SR/S1/OC-52/2011).
(br, 2H), 7.18 (s, 2H); C NMR (DMSO-d
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, 100 MHz) d 17.6, 20.8, 21.8, 22.1,
2.5, 30.6, 41.2, 53.4, 56.4, 56.6, 58.3, 59.1, 69.1, 69.2, 69.8, 76.2, 76.3, 78.6,
9.1, 106.4, 110.2, 141.8, 152.8, 155.3, 169.1, 173.2; HRMS Calcd for
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