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Upstream product

• 16118-36-8 methionine methyl ester hydrochloride 
• 59-51-8 DL-methionine 
• 37622-81-4 methionine hydrochloride 
• 2488-15-5 N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-L-methionine 
• 63-68-3 L-methionine 

Downstream Products

• 40290-63-9 Methyl ester of N-t-butyloxycarbonyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-methionine 
• 16120-92-6 (S)-methioninamide hydrochloride 

Relevant academic research and scientific papers

Solvent-freeN-Boc deprotection byex situgeneration of hydrogen chloride gas

An efficient, scalable and sustainable method for the quantitative deprotection of thetert-butyl carbamate (N-Boc) protecting group is described, using down to near-stoichiometric amounts of hydrogen chloride gas in solvent-free conditions. We demonstrate theex situgeneration of hydrogen chloride gas from sodium chloride and sulfuric acid in a two-chamber reactor, introducing a straightforward method for controlled and stoichiometric release of HCl gas. The solvent-free conditions allow deprotection of a wide variety ofN-Boc derivatives to obtain the hydrochloride salts in quantitative yields. The procedure obviates the need for any work-up or purification steps providing an uncomplicated green alternative to standard methods. Due to the solvent-free, anhydrous conditions, this method shows high tolerance towards acid sensitive functional groups and furnishes expanded functional group orthogonality.

LAT1 activity of carboxylic acid bioisosteres: Evaluation of hydroxamic acids as substrates

Large neutral amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) is a solute carrier protein located primarily in the blood–brain barrier (BBB) that offers the potential to deliver drugs to the brain. It is also up-regulated in cancer cells, as part of a tumor's increased metabolic demands. Previously, amino acid prodrugs have been shown to be transported by LAT1. Carboxylic acid bioisosteres may afford prodrugs with an altered physicochemical and pharmacokinetic profile than those derived from natural amino acids, allowing for higher brain or tumor levels of drug and/or lower toxicity. The effect of replacing phenylalanine's carboxylic acid with a tetrazole, acylsulfonamide and hydroxamic acid (HA) bioisostere was examined. Compounds were tested for their ability to be LAT1 substrates using both cis-inhibition and trans-stimulation cell assays. As HA-Phe demonstrated weak substrate activity, its structure–activity relationship (SAR) was further explored by synthesis and testing of HA derivatives of other LAT1 amino acid substrates (i.e., Tyr, Leu, Ile, and Met). The potential for a false positive in the trans-stimulation assay caused by parent amino acid was evaluated by conducting compound stability experiments for both HA-Leu and the corresponding methyl ester derivative. We concluded that HA's are transported by LAT1. In addition, our results lend support to a recent account that amino acid esters are LAT1 substrates, and that hydrogen bonding may be as important as charge for interaction with the transporter binding site.

Resolution of DL-racemic mixtures

The present invention relates to a process for the resolution of DL-racemic mixtures of compounds which crystalize in the form of a conglumerate. Both, the D and L-enantiomers are obtained according to the invention in a industrially feasable process by adding chiral enantioselective polymers to the supersaturated solution of the racemat to inhibit crystalization of one enantiomer. Next a DL-racemic mixture of said compound is suspended in about twice the amount of the crystallized enantiomer. Consequently, the opposite enantiomer could be recovered by said suspension by physical separation.

Empirical rules for the enantiopreference of lipase from Aspergillus niger toward secondary alcohols and carboxylic acids, especially α-amino acids

Lipase from Aspergillus niger (ANL, Amano lipase AP) catalyzes enantioselective hydrolysis and acylation reactions. To aid in the design of new applications of this lipase, we propose two empirical rules that predict which enantiomer reacts faster. For secondary alcohols, a rule proposed previously for other lipases also works for ANL, but with lower reliability (77%, 37 of 48 examples). For carboxylic acids, we examined both crude and partially-purified ANL because commercial ANL contains contaminating hydrolases. Partial purification removed a contaminating amidase and increased the enantioselectivity of ANL toward many α-amino acids, including cyclic amino acids. Unlike other lipases, ANL readily accepts positively-charged substrates and shows the highest enantioselectivity towards α-amino acids. Although a rule based on the sizes of the substituents could not predict the fast-reacting enantiomer, a rule limited to α-amino acids did predict the fast-reacting enantiomer. We estimate that the charged α-amino group contributes a factor of 40-100 (ΔΔ≠ = 2.2-2.7 kcal/mol) to the enantioselectivity of ANL towards carboxylic acids.

Asymmetric amino acid synthesis: Mitsunobu reaction on chiral cyanohydrins

BOC(SES)NH was reacted with chiral cyanohydrins using the Mitsunobu reaction to give good yields of protected α-aminonitriles, which were converted to chiral amino and imino acids.