19779-75-0Relevant articles and documents
Pictet-Spengler Reactions in Aprotic Media
Jawdosiuk, Mikolaj,Cook, James M.
, p. 2699 - 2701 (1984)
The reaction of tryptophan methyl ester (1) with aldehydes such as benzaldehyde (2a) and cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde (2b) in refluxing benzene provides the corresponding tetrahydro-β-carbolines 5a and 5b, respectively, as earlier reported, in contrast to th
Synthesis and Deployment of an Elusive Fluorovinyl Cation Equivalent: Access to Quaternary α-(1′-Fluoro)vinyl Amino Acids as Potential PLP Enzyme Inactivators
McCune, Christopher D.,Beio, Matthew L.,Sturdivant, Jill M.,De La Salud-Bea, Roberto,Darnell, Brendan M.,Berkowitz, David B.
, p. 14077 - 14089 (2017/10/17)
Developing specific chemical functionalities to deploy in biological environments for targeted enzyme inactivation lies at the heart of mechanism-based inhibitor development but also is central to other protein-tagging methods in modern chemical biology including activity-based protein profiling and proteolysis-targeting chimeras. We describe here a previously unknown class of potential PLP enzyme inactivators; namely, a family of quaternary, α-(1′-fluoro)vinyl amino acids, bearing the side chains of the cognate amino acids. These are obtained by the capture of suitably protected amino acid enolates with β,β-difluorovinyl phenyl sulfone, a new (1′-fluoro)vinyl cation equivalent, and an electrophile that previously eluded synthesis, capture and characterization. A significant variety of biologically relevant AA side chains are tolerated including those for alanine, valine, leucine, methionine, lysine, phenylalanine, tyrosine, and tryptophan. Following addition/elimination, the resulting transoid α-(1′-fluoro)-β-(phenylsulfonyl)vinyl AA-esters undergo smooth sulfone-stannane interchange to stereoselectively give the corresponding transoid α-(1′-fluoro)-β-(tributylstannyl)vinyl AA-esters. Protodestannylation and global deprotection then yield these sterically encumbered and densely functionalized quaternary amino acids. The α-(1′-fluoro)vinyl trigger, a potential allene-generating functionality originally proposed by Abeles, is now available in a quaternary AA context for the first time. In an initial test of this new inhibitor class, α-(1′-fluoro)vinyllysine is seen to act as a time-dependent, irreversible inactivator of lysine decarboxylase from Hafnia alvei. The enantiomers of the inhibitor could be resolved, and each is seen to give time-dependent inactivation with this enzyme. Kitz-Wilson analysis reveals similar inactivation parameters for the two antipodes, L-α-(1′-fluoro)vinyllysine (Ki = 630 ± 20 μM; t1/2 = 2.8 min) and D-α-(1′-fluoro)vinyllysine (Ki = 470 ± 30 μM; t1/2 = 3.6 min). The stage is now set for exploration of the efficacy of this trigger in other PLP-enzyme active sites.
Ag2CO3/CA-AA-amidphos multifunctional catalysis in the enantioselective 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides
Wang, Haifei,Deng, Qifu,Zhou, Zhipeng,Hu, Shunqin,Liu, Zhiguo,Zhou, Li-Yi
supporting information, p. 404 - 407 (2016/02/18)
The new Ag2CO3/CA-AA-amidphos complexes have been demonstrated as highly efficient multifunctional catalysts in the asymmetric 1,3-dipolar cycloaddition of azomethine ylides. Under optimal conditions, highly functionalized endo-4 pyrrolidines were obtained with excellent yields (up to 99% yield) and enantioselectivities (up to 96% ee).
