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Upstream product

• 2133-40-6 L-proline methyl ester monohydrochloride 
• 7432-21-5 N-carbobenzyloxy-L-tryptophane 
• 2577-48-2 methyl (2S)-pyrrolidine carboxylate 

Downstream Products

• 79416-13-0 (2S)-1-[(2S)-2-[[(benzyloxy)carbonyl]amino]-3-(1H-indol-3-yl)propanoyl]tetrahydro-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid 
• 1053209-10-1 (N-carbobenzyloxy-1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-L-tryptophanyl)-L-proline methyl ester 
• 38136-70-8 brevianamide F 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Beyond the Diketopiperazine Family with Alternatively Bridged Brevianamide F Analogues

A method for the preparation of 3,5-bridged piperazin-2-ones from a tryptophan-proline-based diketopiperazine is described using diphosgene to induce the ring closure. Density functional theory calculations were conducted to study the mechanism of this C-C bond formation. Several derivatives of the thus obtained α-chloroamine were synthesized by substitution of the chlorine atom using a range of O-, N-, S-, and C-nucleophiles. This novel class of brevianamide F analogues possess interesting breast cancer resistance protein inhibitory activity.

Side chain anchoring of tryptophan to solid supports using a dihydropyranyl handle: Synthesis of brevianamide F

The multifunctional character of tryptophan has made it a target for the development of new molecules with therapeutic applications. In this sense the design of alternative solid phase routes would allow the widening of synthetic possibilities to access these molecules through conventional or combinatorial strategies. The present work describes a new strategy for side-chain anchoring of tryptophan to dihydropyranyl-functionalized polystyrene resins and its application to the synthesis of the natural diketopiperazine Brevianamide F. For this study a new handle (4-[(3,4-dihydro-2H-pyran-2-yl)methoxy]benzoic acid) was prepared in order to functionalize aminomethyl or methylbenzhydrylamine resins. A preliminary study in solution using Fmoc-Trp-OR (R = Allyl or Me) and suitable resin models showed that the formation of an hemiaminal linkage with the indole system could be brought about by either conventional or microwave heating in 1,2-dichloroethane and in the presence of pyridine p-toluenesulfonate in yields of 70-95% practically without the formation of subproducts. On the other hand the amino acid could be liberated from the resin at room temperature in yields of up to 90% using trifluoroacetic acid in dichloromethane in the presence of 1,3-dimethoxybenzene as a cation scavenger. The conditions found in solution for the reversible formation of the hemiaminal were only reproducible in solid-phase work using conventional heating. These conditions were used in the synthesis of Brevianamide F, furnishing the diketopiperazine in an overall yield of 56%. These results demonstrate the potential of this strategy for the preparation of new molecules based upon tryptophan as a synthetic precursor. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011.

Three types of induced tryptophan optical activity compared in model dipeptides: Theory and experiment

The tryptophan (Trp) aromatic residue in chiral matrices often exhibits a large optical activity and thus provides valuable structural information. However, it can also obscure spectral contributions from other peptide parts. To better understand the indu

Copper-catalyzed cyclization of lodo-tryptophans: A straightforward synthesis of pyrroloindoles

(Chemical Equation Presented) Pyrroloindoles are a key structural motif found in a wide number of biologically active alkaloids. Intramolecular copper-catalyzed coupling of readily accessible 2-iodo-tryptophan derivatives occurs in excellent yield, afford

Polymer-supported DMI as a potential heterogeneous dehydrating agent: Application to esterification and amidation

A new polymer-supported urea (P-DMI) (4) was prepared as a precursor for a new heterogeneous dehydrating agent, polymer-supported chloroamidinium chloride (P-DMC) (5). Application of 4 to esterification and amidation, after conversion to 5, efficiently af

Origins of Micellar Diastereoselectivity

Thiol-functionalized surfactant micelles (n-C12H25N+Me2CH2CH2SH,Cl-) were used to cleave Z-Trp-Pro p-nitrophenyl dipeptide esters.Marked kinetic diastereoselectivity was observed in these reactions.For example at pH 8 and concentrations (ca.6-7)x1E-3 M, the micellar thiol cleaved the LL substrate 5-6 times more rapidly than its DL diastereomer.This kinetic diastereoselectivity was shown to develop at surfactant concentrations ca.5x1E-3 M, considerably above the cmc (ca.1x1E-3 M), i.e., at a second "critical concentration".Dynamic light-scattering measurements showed that micelles which had reacted with the LL (but not the DL) substrate underwent a marked increase in apparent hydrodynamic diameter (from ca. 15 to 26 nm) near this second critical concentration.Similar phenomena could be induced upon addition of 2x1E-5 M LL dipeptide surfactant reaction product to the thiol micelles.Micelles of n-C12H25N+Me2CH2CH2OH,Cl- or n-C12H25N+Me3,Cl- were unresponsive to such additions (light scattering).The results are discussed in terms of molecular and supramolecular interactions between surfactant and solubilizate molecules.