Aminoacids, acylated

Several reactions are occurring in this step that have been elucidated by others (1). First, an a-ketoester is the initial condensation product of an N-acyl-aminoacid and an alkyl oxalyl chloride via a Dakin-West reaction. Second, at reflux temperatures isomeric enol esters are formed that directly condense with hydrazine to form a triazinone intermediate followed by the second ring closure. Other purines have been prepared in an analogous reaction pathway (2). 

The most interesting report with respect to preparative applications concerns a ligase antibody obtained by immunization against phosphodiester hapten 5 (Scheme 2) [22]. This antibody catalyzes the coupling of an N-acylated aminoacid 4-nitrophenylester such as 6 with an L-tryptophan ester or amide such as 7 with useful selectivity and rate. 

Many Al-acyl-aminoacids contain substituents with enhanced polarity, such as sulfonates, quaternary ammonium groups, and zwitterionic moieties, that endow them with interesting physicochemical properties, such as the ability to form vesicles [26] or globular aggregates [27]. In a similar way (see Scheme... 

This type of selective precipitation was applied in the cases of N-acyl-aminoacids when their recrystallization from water failed. However, additon of less then an equimolar amount of hydrochlororic acid to the solution of their sodium salt get good enrichment. It is therefore not surprising that considerable eruichment could be attained with a mixture of eet> = 49.6 %, while two stage precipitation starting from an aqueous solution of FoPA.Na with eet> = 73.4% (composition near the eutectic point), did not resulted in significant enrichment. ... 

In light of these experimental data it should be mentioned, that during the pntrification of enantiomeric mixtures of N-acyl-aminoacids not only the suitable methods but also the subtituent on the molecule skeleton (acyl group) may determine the productivity of enrichment. 

Preparation of optically active P-aminoesters, P-aminonitriles, and P-aminocarbox-amides are of special relevance for the synthesis of enantiomerically pure P-aminoacids compounds of special relevance in several areas of medicinal chemistry. The resolution of P-aminoesters can be carried out by acylation of the amino groups or by other biocatalytic reactions of the ester groups, such as hydrolysis, transesterification, or aminolysis. The resolution of ethyl ( )-3-aminobutyrate... 

Other important derivatives for the preparation of (i-aminoacids are the corresponding P-aminonitriles. Lipase-catalyzed N-acylations of racemic cis-2-aminocyclopentane and cyclohexane carbonitriles with 2,2,2-trifluoroethyl butanoate have been successfully carried out in organic solvents and ionic liquids [53], PSL yielding better results than CALB (Scheme 7.29). 

Other derivatives to obtain P-aminoacids are the corresponding carboxamides. Thus, for the preparation of all enantiomers of as and traws-2-aminocydopentane-and cydohexanecarboxamides, the best results obtained are using this acyl donor and CALB [54]. An unexpected change in enantiopreference accompanied by low enantioselectivity was observed when PSL (ds-cydohexane substrate) or CALA (ds-cyclopentane and cydohexane substrates) replaced CALB (Scheme 7.30). 

Further, Wasserman and coworkers developed a direct acylation of stabilized phosphonium ylides by carboxylic acids in presence of the EDCI/DMAP (way c). This last method allows the introduction of a-aminoacid structures into the resulting P-oxo phosphorus ylides [19-25],opening the way to the total synthesis of depsipeptide elastase inhibitors [22,24] or cyclic peptidic protease inhibitor EurystatinA [20]. 

Particularly interesting are the results obtained with the phosphonium ylides including an acyl rest derived from aminoacid if the N-H bond reactivity is blocked by an amide protection, the alkyne formation takes place [25,27], but if the N-H bond is not deactivated, an intramolecular cyclization occurs to give a new stabilized ylide [27,28]. 

This acylation procednre is very nsefnl in the synthesis of biologically active prodncts, snch as steroids and aminoacids. 

Hydrolase-catalyzed enantioselective N-acylation is an important tool for the preparation of enantiopure a- and P-aminoacids. It has been observed that the reactions of many amino acid esters with ester acyl donors catalyzed by CALB is sometimes complicated by interesterification reactions. CALA has, however, emerged as a very chemoselective catalyst in favor of N-acylation of P-aminoesters. Some reviews on CALA and other hydrolases as catalysts for N-acylations of aminoesters are available [109, 126, 127]. 

C-terminal and N-terminal are the end and the start respectively, of a peptide chain in a protein. The N-terminal aminoacid in a protein has a fijee amino group. This group is often acylated. When it is free and protonated and positively charged at neutral pH, it may be also called NH2-terminal or NH3+ -terminal. At the C terminus, the carbo-xylgroup is free. Since it is mostly unprotonated and uncharged, the C-terminus may also be named carboxyterminal. 

The most important method used in the preparation of polyamides is direct amidation, usually through the intermediate formation of a salt of the diamine and dicarboxylic acid, but without it in the case of aminoacids or for pairs of monomers that do not readily form a salt. Esters can react with diamines to form polyamides with liberation of alcohol or phenol. Diamines can be reacted with diamides yielding polyamides and freeing ammonia. Polyamides have been prepared by acidolysis of acyl derivatives of diamines (compare Section 5.4 for acidolysis in polyester preparation). Bis-anhydrides react with diamines to form polyamides and, if reacted further, polyimides. The low-temperature reaction of acid chlorides with diamines has been used, interfacially or as a solution technique, to prepare certain polyamides (compare Section 5.7 for related reactions in polyester synthesis). 

Unnatural N-aryl dipeptides can be easily obtained using our procedure direct acylation of a-aminoacid esters with nitro-benzoyl chlorides followed by reductive alkylation leads to the preparation of derivatives of methyl prolinate 1 and methyl valinate 2 (Table 3). A small but significant diastereoisomeric excess (d.e.) of 20-30% is measured by NMR. Optimisation of the reaction conditions as well as of the nature of the inductor may generate better d.e.. These... 

Evans s oxazolidinones 1.116 and 1.117 are a class of chiral auxiliaries that has been widely applied [160, 167, 261, 411]. Deprotonation of 7/-acyl-l,3-oxa-zolidin-2-ones 5 30 and 5.31 smoothly gives chelated Z-enolates, which then suffer alkylation between -78 and -30°C on their least hindered face [167, 1036]. After hydrolysis, the corresponding enantiomeric acids are obtained according to the auxiliary that was used (Figure 5.21). Due to the low reactivity of lithium enolates, sodium analogs are preferred in some cases [411, 862, 1036], This methodology has been applied to the synthesis of chiral a-arylpropionic acid anti-inflammatory drugs [1037, 1038], natural products [1039, 1040], and a-substituted optically active 3-lactams en route to nonracemic a,a-disubstituted aminoacids [136,1041]. 

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