Benzyl linker

PAMAM dendrimers of different generations have been loaded with DOTA-type129,130 or DTPA-type131-133 chelates, most often using the p-NCS-benzyl linker. For these types of... 

As the pioneering development of Merrifield [21] and Wang [22] are based on the benzyl linker type, this type represents the starting point of modern linker development. 

To avoid formation of piperazine-2,5-diones the use of mild acid labile N -protecting groups such as Trt or Ddz for the penultimate amino acid residue have been proposed in the case of the tris(alkoxy)benzyl linker, and subsequent acylation of the dipeptide as TFA salt. 

To circumvent this problem, new catalysts were developed containing simple alkyl spacers instead of benzylic linkers between the cavity and the ligands [17], The ligand... 

Acidolysis of benzylic C-O bonds becomes easier with increasing stability of the corresponding benzylic cation. The sensitivity of benzylic linkers towards acids can therefore be fine-tuned by varying the substitution pattern on the arene. Electron-donating substituents will increase the sensitivity towards acids, whereas electron-acceptors will diminish acid-sensitivity. This order of reactivity towards electrophiles... 

Benzyl-type linkers are the most common anchoring groups for various kinds of functionality. Esters, amides, amines, alcohols, and thiols, in particular, can be immobilized by this linker family. This was demonstrated by Merrifield [2] and Wang [19] and is the starting point of modern linker development. Benzylic linkers are typically cleaved by strong acids (for example trifluoroacetic acid, TFA), which cause protonation and subsequent elimination. A nucleophilic scavenger usually quenches the resonance-stabilized cation thus formed. 

While the syntheses of the acyclic precursors in the examples above each require a couple of steps, symmetrical dienynes with a central triple bond and heteroatoms in the tethers are more easily accessible. They can yield heterotricyclic compounds by the same reaction mode, for example, the diaza- and dioxatricycles 121 are obtained starting from dienynes 119 (Scheme 18) [73]. Yields were best (90%) with N-tosyl linkers, with N-Boc groups the reaction was slower (41% yield), and with N-benzyl linkers only decomposition occurred. This may be due to coordination and blocking of the catalyst by the more Lewis-basic amines. The cis- and frans-diastereomers of 121 were formed in a ratio of 1.8 1, and this ratio did not change in other solvents, at different temperatures, with other catalyst precursors or under high pressure (10 kbar). In view of the apparent influence of the tether, the unsymmetrical oxazaprecursor 122 gave a 7 3 mixture of tricycles 123 and 124. Obviously, the hydridopalladation of the triple bond occurred with some regioselectivity such that intramolecular carbopalladation of the allyl-amine predominated. It is noteworthy that in these cases the intramolecular Diels-Alder reactions of the intermediate trienes 120 already occur under the employed conditions, i.e. at 80 °C. 

Wang [40] transferred the known photoreactivity of the phenacyl group, especially a-methyl substituted, to a PS resin in 1976 for peptide synthesis (Scheme 17.12). The resin 26 is easily available by Friedel-Crafts acylation of PS, and its photolytic cleavage of a tetrapeptide appeared to be superior to that of the o-nitro-benzyl linker under similar reaction conditions. The a-methylphenacyl linker gave... 

Photolabile linkers play an important role in solid-phase organic synthesis (SPOS) due to their stability under both acidic and basic conditions. The ONb photolabile linker was modified to improve cleavage rates and yields Fmoc-Tos-OFI was released in 87% yield after 23 h (Scheme 4) [24]. Specifically, the primary alcohol was changed to a secondary benzylic alcohol and the attachment to the resin was through an alkyl chain as opposed to an amide function. Linker 20 was used for the production of carboxylic acids or carbohydrates. A second example... 

In an extension to the xanthenyl theme, the benzyl hydrogen was replaced with a substituted / -methoxyphenyl ring to give linker 35 (Scheme 10) [41]. Peptide amides were cleaved rapidly and in high purity with TFA-DCM (1 9) for 15 min or as a protected fragment with TFA-DCM (1 99) for 3-10 min. 

MAMP (Merrifield, Alpha-MethoxyPhenyl) resin 44 is an alternative to aldehyde linkers to construct TV-substituted amides [53], Nucleophilic displacement of the benzylic chloride with an amine followed by acylation yielded a secondary amide which was released upon a low ( 10%) concentration of TFA (Scheme 16). 

Kroll FEK, Morphy R, Rees D, Gani D. Resin-immobilized benzyl and aryl vinyl sulfones New versatile traceless linkers for solid-phase organic synthesis. Tetrahedron Lett 1997 38 8573-8576. 

F. E. K. Kroll, R. Morphy, D. Rees, D. Gani, Resin-Immobilized Benzyl and Aryl Vinyl Sulfones New Versatile Traceless Linkers for Solid-Phase Organic Synthesis , Tetrahedron Lett. 1997, 38, 8573-8576. 

O-stannylene acetals,84 glycals and 1,2-anhydrosugars,85 and to selective de-O-benzylation of position-2 with TIBAL, DIBAL-H57 or Lewis acid catalysts,86 or to the one-pot access to 3-O-benzyl-4,6-0-benzylidene glucosides by tandem catalysis recently reported.87 The 1,2-lactones recently reported by Linker and co-workers35 are also synthons which provide... 

The galactosyl glycal 72 was bound to solid phase via a silyl ether linker. Epoxidation of the glycal using 2,2-dimethyldioxirane and subsequent electrophilic activation of the epoxide resulted in the glycosylation of 3,4-di-O-benzyl glucal 73. After acetylation of the product, the polymer-linked trisaccharide 74 was obtained. 

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