Amino protection synthesis

Alkylation of protected glycine derivatives is one method of a-amino acid synthesis (75). Asymmetric synthesis of a D-cx-amino acid from a protected glycine derivative by using a phase-transfer catalyst derived from the cinchona alkaloids (8) has been reported (76). 

A second, conceptually distinct chiral synthesis of monobactams was developed from P-hydroxy amino acids. As shown in Figure 2, cycli2ation of the acylsulfamate of an amino-protected 0-mesylserine derivative (14, R = H) leads directiy to the monobactam (15). This methodology was also appHed to the synthesis of 4a- (15, R = CH ) and 4P-methyl monobactams from L-threonine and aHothreonine, respectively (17). The... 

Fig. 2. Synthesis of clinically useful monobactams where R = H, CH P is an amino protecting group, and Mes = mesyl is methanesulfonyl.

Fig. 7. Synthesis of monocarbams where P is an amino protecting group and CSI is chlorosulfonyl isocyanate. TFA is trifluoroacetic acid...

Amino Acids. Chloroformates play a most important role for the protection of the amino group of amino acids (qv) during peptide synthesis (32). The protective carbamate formed by the reaction of benzyl chloroformate and amino acid (33) can be cleaved by hydrogenolysis to free the amine after the carboxyl group has reacted further. The selectivity of the amino groups toward chloroformates results in amino-protected amino acids with the other reactive groups unprotected (34,35). Methods for the preparation of protected amino acids on an industrial scale have been developed (36,37). A wide variety of chloroformates have been used that give various carbamates that are stable or cleaved under different conditions. 

For a review of the use of Fmoc protection in peptide synthesis, see E. Atherton and R. C. Sheppard, The Fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl Amino Protecting Group, in The... 

The choice of the acyl substituent X for Diels-Alder reactions of l-N-acylamino-l,3-butadicnes depends on the particular synthetic problem. The acyl substituent has a moderate effect on the cycloaddition reactivity of these dienes, and also determines what amine unmasking procedures are required. As a result of their stability and the variety of amine deprotection procedures available, " the diene carbamates are the components of choice in most cases. A particularly attractive aspect of the diene synthesis detailed here is the ability to tailor the amino-protecting group... 

Amino acid synthesis.1 Optically pure amino acids can be prepared in two steps from serine, readily available as either the d- or L-enantiomer. Reaction of N-benzylserine (or of N-benzyl-N-Boc-serine) with the preformed Mitsunobu reagent in CH3CN at -55° provides the protected serine (J-lactone (2) in almost quantitative yield. The lactone reacts with lithium organocuprates (R2CuLi) to... 

In brief, the use of acetonitrile as solvent and the selection of an appropriate C-5 amino protecting group and reactive promoter system are critical for achieving high a-selectivities and yields in the synthesis of sialosides. 

To overcome these difficulties in the selective deprotection and chain extension, several carboxyl-protecting groups, namely, allyl (16,32), benzyl (43,44), tert-butyl (42), 2-bromoethyl (45), 2-chloroethyl (45), heptyl (46), 4-nitrophenyl (47,48), and pentafluorophenyl (49) for L-serine/L-threonine have been introduced or applied. Similarly, amino-protecting groups for L-serine/L-threonine that have proved useful for the synthesis of glycopeptides are tm-butyloxycarbonyl (50), 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (43,44,48), 2-(2-pyridyl)ethoxycarbonyl (51), 2-(4-pyridyl)ethoxycarbonyl (44,52), and 2-triphenylphosphonioethoxycarbonyl (53). Some applications of these groups have been discussed in earlier reviews (7-11). 

CGJ Verhardt, GI Tesser. New base-labile amino-protecting groups for peptide synthesis. Rec Trav Chim Pays-Bas 107, 621, 1988. 

VV Samukov, AN Sabirov, PI Pozdnyakov. 2-(4-Nitrophenyl)sulfonylethoxycarbonyl (Nsc) group as a base-labile a-amino protection for solid phase peptide synthesis. Tetrahedron Lett 35, 7821, 1994. 

H Kuntz, C Unverzagt. The allyloxycarbonyl (Aloe) moiety — conversion of an unsuitable into a valuable amino protecting group for peptide synthesis. Angew Chem Int Edn Engl 23, 436, 1984. 

L Lapatsanis, G Milias, K Froussios, M Kolovos. Synthesis of A-2,2,2,-(trichloro-ethoxy carbonyl)-L-amino acids and A-(fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl)-L-amino acids involving succinimidoxy anion as a leaving group in amino acid protection. Synthesis 671, 1983. 

P Sieber, B Iselin. Peptide synthesis using the 2-(p-diphenyl)-isopropoxycarbonyl (Dpoc) amino protecting group. Helv Chim Acta 51, 622, 1968. 

C Somlai, G Szokan, L Balaspiri. Efficient, racemization-free amidation of protected amino acids. Synthesis 285, 1992. 

E Atherton, RC Sheppard. The fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl amino protecting group, in The Peptides Analysis, Synthesis, Biology, Vol. 9, pp 1-38, Academic Press, New York, 1987. 

The oxime 71d has several advantages over other resins, since the protected peptide segment can be cleaved by aminolysis under conditions which do not affect benzyl ester protecting groups. Moreover, the whole procedure is compatible with the Boc group employed for a-amino protection. The synthesis of several peptides using 71d has been... 

The first version of solid-phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) to be developed used the /-Boc group as the amino-protecting group. It can be cleaved with relatively mild acidic treatment, and TFA is usually used. The original coupling reagent was dicyclohexylcar-... 

Reaction of 217 with Cjq leads to the amino-protected porphyrin-fulleropyrroli-dine, which can easily be deprotected to the corresponding amine [229, 277]. By further functionalization via amide coupling an easy access to extended donor-acceptor systems is possible. A carotene-porphyrin-fullerene triad was prepared by reaction of the amine with the appropriate carotene acid chloride. The motivation for the synthesis of all these donor-acceptor systems is the attempt to understand and imitate the photosynthetic process. On that score, a model for an artificial photosynthetic antenna-reaction center complex has been achieved by attaching five porphyrin cores in a dendrimer-like fashion to the fullerene [242]. 

The addition of hydrazine to diphenylvinylene carbonate 92 quantitatively affords a 1 1 mixture of perhydro-l,3,4-oxadiazin-2-one 93 and 2-oxazolidinone 94 derivatives, both of which are smoothly dehydrated with P2O5 to afford 1,3,4-oxadiazin-2-one 95 and 3-amino-2(3//)-oxazolone 96 (Fig. 5.24), respectively. Addition of primary amines to diphenylvinylene carbonate results in exclusive formation of 3-aIkyl-2(3//)-oxazolones, previously investigated as amino protecting groups in peptide synthesis. 

Formation of an amide bond (peptide bond) will take place if an amine and not an alcohol attacks the acyl enzyme. If an amino acid (acid protected) is used, reactions can be continued to form oligo peptides. If an ester is used the process will be a kinetically controlled aminolysis. If an amino acid (amino protected) is used it will be reversed hydrolysis and if it is a protected amide or peptide it will be transpeptidation. Both of the latter methods are thermodynamically controlled. However, synthesis of peptides using biocatalytic methods (esterase, lipase or protease) is only of limited importance for two reasons. Synthesis by either of the above mentioned biocatalytic methods will take place in low water media and low solubility of peptides with more than 2-3 amino acids limits their value. Secondly, there are well developed non-biocatalytic methods for peptide synthesis. For small quantities the automated Merrifield method works well. 

Nevertheless, one process for synthesis of the low calorie sweetener, Aspartame, which is a methyl ester of a dipeptide, (Asp-Phe-OMe) involves a biocatalytic step. Aspartic acid amino protected by benzyloxycarboi rl group, is reacted with two moles of phenylalanine methylester catalysed by the protease thermolysin. The extra mole of ester makes the dipeptide precipitate and it is later recycled. For details see section 4.6. 

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