Carbobenzyloxy

Spirapril (37) is a clinically active antihypertensive agent closely related structurally and mechanistically to enalapril. Various syntheses are reported with the synthesis of the substituted proline portion being the key to the methods. This is prepared fkim l-carbobenzyloxy-4-oxopro-line methyl ester (33) by reaction with ethanedithiol and catalytic tosic acid. The product (34) is deprotected with 20% HBr to methyl l,4-dithia-7-azospiro[4.4 nonane-8-carboxylate (35), Condensation of this with N-carbobenzyloxy-L-alanyl-N-hydroxysuccinate leads to the dipeptide ester which is deblocked to 36 by hydrolysis with NaOH and then treatment with 20% HBr. The conclusion of the synthesis of spirapril (37) follows with the standard reductive alkylation [11]. 

Reductive alkylation has been used to prepare a-amino acids suitable for lactam formation and further elaboration. In a single step a carbobenzyloxy group was removed, and alkylation with glyoxylic acid hydrate was achieved (18). 

Hydrogenolysis of the carbobenzyloxy (ebz) function in 17 proceeded smoothly to give 18 in 95% yield. Hydrogen gas was bubbled through a... 

Each racemate was applied on a polymer (ca. 0.1. imol per gram dry polymer) imprinted with one antipode of the racemate. Tlie standard mobile phase, consisting of acetonitrile containing various amounts of acetic acid, was used in most cases. Cbz = Carbobenzyloxy, Boc = t-butyloxycarbonyl. 

Improved Catalyst for the Removal of Carbobenzyloxy Protective Groups... 

Commercially supplied carbobenzyloxy-amino acids were used in this study (Carbobenzyloxyglycine, 99%, N-(Carbobenzyloxy)-L-phenylalanine, 99% and N-Carbobenzyloxy-L-tryptophan, 99%) and were purchased from Aldrich. Deionized water and commercial absolute ethanol were used as solvents. 

The deprotection of the carbobenzyloxy protected amino acids was carried out in a low-pressure test unit (V= 200 ml) equipped with a stirrer, hydrogen inlet... 

The Effect of N-containing Modifiers on the Deprotection of a Carbobenzyloxy Protected Amino Acid... 

The removal of carbobenzyloxy (Cbz or Z) groups from amines or alcohols is of high interest in the fine chemicals, agricultural and pharmaceutical industry. Palladium on activated carbon is the catalyst of choice for these deprotection reactions. Nitrogen containing modifiers are known to influence the selectivity for certain deprotection reactions. In this paper we show the rate accelerating effect of certain N-containing modifiers on the deprotection of carbobenzyloxy protected amino acids in the presence of palladium on activated carbon catalysts. The experiments show that certain modifiers like pyridine and ethylenediamine increase the reaction rate and therefore shorten the reaction times compared to non-modified palladium catalysts. Triethylamine does not have an influence on the rate of deprotection. 

The removal of a carbobenzyloxy group can be separated into two steps (Figure 1). The first step comprises the hydrogenolysis of the benzyl oxygen bond of the Cbz-protected amino acid 1 to form a carbamic acid intermediate 2 and toluene 3. The carbamic acid intermediate decaiboxylates to give the deprotected amino acid 4 and one equivalent of carbon dioxide 5. 

Figure 1 Removal of carbobenzyloxy (Cbz) groups from protected amino acids.

The deprotection of carbobenzyloxy protected phenylalanine was carried out in a low-pressure test unit (V= 200 ml) equipped with a stirrer, hydrogen inlet and gas outlet. The gas outlet was attached to a Non Dispersive InfraRed (NDIR) detector to measure the carbon dioxide. During the reaction the temperature was kept at 25 °C at a constant agitation speed of 2000 rpm. In a typical reaction run, 10 mmol of Cbz protected phenylalanine and 200 mg of 5%Pd/C catalyst were stirred in a mixture of 70 ml ethanol/water (1 1). The Cbz protected phenylalanine is not water-soluble but is quite soluble in alcoholic solvents conversely, the water-soluble deprotected phenylalanine is not very soluble in alcoholic solvents. Thus, the two solvent mixture was used in order to keep the entire reaction in the solution phase. Twenty p.1 of the corresponding modifier was added to the reaction mixture, and hydrogen feed was started. The hydrogen flow into the reactor was kept constant at 500 ml/minute and the progress of the reaction was monitored by the infrared detection of C02 in the off-gas. 

See K. Humphries, T. Dunn, K. Moebus, B. Chen, Improved Catalyst for the Removal of Carbobenzyloxy Protecting Groups, this issue, Ch. 54. 

In the synthesis of the antibiotic L-azatyrosine, the simultaneous removal of the carbobenzyloxy and diphenylethylene protecting groups presented a problem (Scheme 4.47). 

Methyl-8-(2-chlorophenyl)-3,4-dihydro-177,877-pyrido[2,l-f][l,4]oxazine-7,9-carboxylate was obtained by cyclization of l,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate 338 in the presence of 3M HC1 <1997CAP2188071>. Mild catalytic hydrogenation of oxazinone 339 over 5% Pd/C catalyst afforded 3,4-diphenyl-9-hydroxyperhydropyrido[2,l-f][l,4]oxazin-l-one via sequential iV-carbobenzyloxy (fV-Cbz) deprotection and reductive amination <1998TL3659>. 

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