Depsipeptides, Passerini reactions

Because of the retained isocyano functionality, the dihydropyridone MCR product 85 can be used in various follow-up (multicomponent) reactions. For example, the Passerini reaction between 85, a carboxylic acid, and an aldehyde or ketone produces a series of dihydropyridone-based conformationally constrained depsipeptides 86 [171]. The subsequent Passerini reaction could also be performed in the same pot, resulting in a novel 6CR toward these complex products containing up to seven points of variation. Reaction of 85 with an aldehyde or ketone and amine component resulted in the isolation of dihydrooxazolopyridines (DHOPs, 87) [172] via a similar approach as the 2,4,5-trisubstituted oxazole variant toward 42 reported by Tron and Zhu (Fig. 15) [155]. The corresponding DHOPs (87), which... 

Concentrated solutions of the components (3)-(S) in inert organic solvents react at 0-20 C to form (6) the reaction time varies with the nature of the components and the reaction conditions (1-100 h), as does the yield (18-95%). A wide variety of a-acyloxycarboxamides (6) have been prepared by the Passerini reaction, including some depsipeptide derivatives and their phospho analogs. ""... 

Early development of the Passerini reaction focused on the convergent synthesis of complex depsipeptide derivatives. In 1962 Ugi described the use of isopropyl a-isocyano ester 40 as a glycine precursor to prepare the simple... 

One way to gain fast access to complex stmctures are multicomponent reactions (MCRs), of which especially the isocyanide-based MCRs are suitable to introduce peptidic elements, as the isonitrile usually ends up as an amide after the reaction is complete. Here the Ugi-4 component reaction (Ugi CR) is the most suitable one as it introduces two amide bonds to form an M-alkylated dipeptide usually (Fig. 2). The Passerini-3CR produces a typical element of depsipeptides with ester and amide in succession, and the Staudinger-3CR results in p-lactams. The biggest unsolved problem in all these MCRs is, however, that it is stUl close to impossible to obtain products with defined stereochemistry. On the other hand, this resistance, particularly of the Ugi-reaction, to render diastereo- and enantioselective processes allows the easy and unbiased synthesis of libraries with all stereoisomers present, usually in close to equal amounts. 

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