100101-29-9

Upstream product

• 3154-46-9 (S)-methyl 2-formamido-3-methylbutanoate 
• 5619-05-6 DL-valine methyl ester hydrochloride 
• 4070-48-8 L-valine methyl ester 
• 3154-46-9 Formyl-DL-valyl-methylester 

Downstream Products

• 63348-63-0 N-Benzyl-2-isocyano-3-methyl-butyramide 
• 120133-96-2 cis-4-(methoxycarbonyl)-4-isopropyl-5-phenyl-2-oxazoline 
• 1372866-15-3 (1R,3aR,6aS)-methyl 1-isopropyl-4,6-dioxo-5-phenyl-1,3a,4,5,6,6a-hexahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1-carboxylate 
• 1372866-06-2 (1R,3aR,6aS)-methyl 1-isopropyl-4,6-dioxo-5-phenyl-1,3a,4,5,6,6a-octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1-carboxylate 
• 1372866-07-3 (1R,3R,3aR,6aS)-methyl 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1-isopropyl-4,6-dioxo-5-phenyloctahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1-carboxylate 
• 1372866-08-4 (1R,3S,3aR,6aS)-methyl 1-isopropyl-4,6-dioxo-5-phenyl-3-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)octahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1-carboxylate 
• 54011-36-8 α-Benzoyl-valinmethylester 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Intramolecular Imidoylative Heck Reaction: Synthesis of Cyclic Ketoimines from Functionalized Isocyanide

Efficient access to five- to seven-membered cyclic ketoimines, through palladium-catalyzed intramolecular imidoylative Heck reaction of alkene-containing isocyanides, has been developed. Consecutive isocyanide and alkene insertion into aryl or alkyl Pd(II) intermediates takes place in this process. No byproduct derived from monoinsertion or reversed sequence is detected.

Pd-Catalyzed Domino Imidoylation/Heck/C(sp2)-H Cyclization: Isocyanide Relay Strategy toward Tricyclic-Fused Heterocycles Containing an All-Carbon Quaternary Center

A palladium-catalyzed domino process for the quick assembly of tricyclic-fused heterocycles starting from aryl iodides and functionalized isocyanides containing a disubstituted terminal alkene has been developed. The process is triggered by intermolecular isocyanide insertion, followed by Heck-type carbopalladation of the intramolecular alkene moiety and subsequent C(sp2)-H activation. Moreover, an asymmetric version of this reaction could also be realized in good yield with moderate enantioselectivity after preliminary exploration of chiral ligands.

Synthesis of isocyanides through dehydration of formamides using XtalFluor-E

The formation of isocyanides from formamides using XtalFluor-E, [Et2NSF2]BF4, is presented. A wide range of formamides can be used to produce the corresponding isocyanides in up to 99% yield. In a number of cases, the crude products showed good purity (generally >80% by NMR) allowing to be used directly in multi-component reactions.

Isocyanides as influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wild-type M2 channel inhibitors

Basic bulky amines such as amantadine are well-characterized M2 channel blockers, useful for treating influenza. Herein we report our surprising findings that charge-neutral, bulky isocyanides exhibit activities similar to - or even higher than - that of amantadine. We also demonstrate that these isocyanides have potent growth inhibitory activity against the H5N1 virus. The -NH2 to -N≡C group replacement within current anti-influenza drugs was found to give compounds with high activities at low-micromolar concentrations. For example, a tenfold improvement in potency was observed for 1-isocyanoadamantane (27), with an EC50 value of 0.487 μm against amantadine-sensitive H5N1 virus as determined by both MTT and plaque-reduction assays, without showing cytotoxicity. Furthermore, the isocyanide analogues synthesized in this study did not inhibit the V27A or S31N mutant M2 ion channels, according to electrophysiology experiments, and did not exhibit activity against amantadine-resistant virus strains. Charge-neutral bulky isocyanides were found to exhibit antiviral activities similar to - or even higher than - that of amantadine. Moreover, we demonstrated that these isocyanides have potent growth inhibitory activity against the wild-type H5N1 virus. The NH2 to N≡C group replacement within current anti-influenza drugs was found to result in compounds with low-micromolar activities.

A cation-directed two-component cascade approach to enantioenriched pyrroloindolines

A cascade approach to complex pyrroloindolines bearing all-carbon quaternary stereocentres has been developed. This two-component process uses a chiral ammonium salt to control diastereo- and enantioselectivity in the addition of isocyanides to functionalized alkenes to afford pyrroloindolines with up to three stereocentres. A mechanistic proposal involving intramolecular hydrogen bond activation of the isocyanide is described.