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Synthesis of a constrained enkephalin analog to illustrate a novel route to the piperazinone ring structure
Shreder, Kevin,Zhang, Li,Goodman, Murray
, p. 221 - 224 (2007/10/03)
The synthesis of a constrained, piperazinone analog of Leu-enkephalin is presented. A key step in this synthesis was the use of the secondary amine, Boc-Tyr(OtBu)Ψ[CH2NH]Gly-OMe, to ring open the β-lactone of Z-protected L-serine (the Vederas lactone). The resulting free acid was then coupled to H-Phe-Leu-OtBu in a one-pot fashion using standard carbodiimide coupling conditions. This linear precursor cyclized upon hydrogenolysis of the Z group to form the N4-substituted, 6-carboxy-derived piperazinone (5). Deprotection of compound 5 using 1:1 TFA:CH2Cl2 yielded the target compound 1.