Hydantoins acid esters

Monosubshtuted hydantoins are a-amino acids cyclically protected at both the carboxyl- and the a-amino group. They can be easily prepared from an aldehyde and isocyanate or by the Bucherer-Bergs synthesis and similar methods. Indeed, the hydantoin synthesis is also a prachcal method for the preparahon of the racemic amino acid. Enzymes belonging to the dihydro-pyrimidinase family hydrolyze hydantoins to the carbamoyl amino acid. The latter can be hydrolyzed in turn to the amino acid by a second enzyme, a carbamoylase. Both enzymes can discriminate between enantiomers and, if their action is cooperative, either the L- or the D-amino acid can be obtained (Scheme 13.10) [36]. What makes the system of special interest is that the proton in the 5-position of the hydantoin ring (it will become the a-hydrogen in the a-amino acid) is considerably more acidic than conventional protons in amino acid esters or amides and much more acidic than the amino acid itself. Thus, the hydantoin can be often racemized in situ at slightly basic pH where the enzymes are stiU stable and active. If these condihons are met. 

Carbodiimides are known to react with primary amines to form guanidines.f In the case of amino acid esters, a subsequent elimination of alcohol is possible with formation of an imino-hydantoin species (Scheme 8). However, these reactions usually require higher temperatures or the occurrence of acid catalysis and therefore can be neglected when unprotonated amino acid derivatives are acylated using carbodiimides. On the other hand, this side reaction becomes more important when protonated amino acids (i.e., amino acid ester hydrochlorides) are coupledf and these byproducts may occur. 

The amino acid ester forms the hydantoin 33 with the isocyanate 41. The free amine 32 attacks the isocyanate carbon and the nucleophilic isocyanate nitrogen in 42 then reacts with the electrophilic ester moiety. The carbonate base prevents protonation of the amine. 

An interesting method for the preparation of N,N -carbonyl-bis(amino acid ester)s by reaction of bis(4-nitrophenyl)carbonate (see also Sedion 4.3.4 Ureas ) with amino acid esters has been reported [808, 809]. When the carbonate is reacted with two equivalents of a peptide ester 1143, N,N -carbonyl-bis(peptide ester) 1144 is obtained, but a hydantoin derivative is formed as a side product. The hydan-toin derivative is a major produd when equimolar amounts are allowed to react. This method has found application in the preparation of larger N,N[Pg.297]

Benzilic acid rearrangement Benzoin reaction (condensation) Blanc chloromethylation reaction Bouveault-Blanc reduction Bucherer hydantoin synthesis Bucherer reaction Cannizzaro reaction Claisen aldoi condensation Claisen condensation Claisen-Schmidt reaction. Clemmensen reduction Darzens glycidic ester condensation Diazoamino-aminoazo rearrangement Dieckmann reaction Diels-Alder reaction Doebner reaction Erlenmeyer azlactone synthesis Fischer indole synthesis Fischer-Speior esterification Friedel-Crafts reaction... 

Enzymatic Method. L-Amino acids can be produced by the enzymatic hydrolysis of chemically synthesized DL-amino acids or derivatives such as esters, hydantoins, carbamates, amides, and acylates (24). The enzyme which hydrolyzes the L-isomer specifically has been found in microbial sources. The resulting L-amino acid is isolated through routine chemical or physical processes. The D-isomer which remains unchanged is racemized chemically or enzymatically and the process is recycled. Conversely, enzymes which act specifically on D-isomers have been found. Thus various D-amino acids have been... 

For successful DKR two reactions an in situ racemization (krac) and kinetic resolution [k(R) k(S)] must be carefully chosen. The detailed description of all parameters can be found in the literature [26], but in all cases, the racemization reaction must be much faster than the kinetic resolution. It is also important to note that both reactions must proceed under identical conditions. This methodology is highly attractive because the enantiomeric excess of the product is often higher than in the original kinetic resolution. Moreover, the work-up of the reaction is simpler since in an ideal case only the desired enantiomeric product is present in the reaction mixture. This concept is used for preparation of many important classes of organic compounds like natural and nonnatural a-amino acids, a-substituted nitriles and esters, cyanohydrins, 5-alkyl hydantoins, and thiazoUn-5-ones. 

Amides N-blocked amino acids Amino esters Hydantoins Small peptides... 

FIGURE 7.34 Decomposition of the symmetrical anhydride of A-methoxycarbonyl-valine (R1 = CH3) in basic media.2 (A) The anhydride is in equilibrium with the acid anion and the 2-alkoxy-5(4//)-oxazolone. (B) The anhydride undergoes intramolecular acyl transfer to the urethane nitrogen, producing thelV.AT-fcwmethoxycarbonyldipeptide. (A) and (B) are initiated by proton abstraction. Double insertion of glycine can be explained by aminolysis of the AA -diprotected peptide that is activated by conversion to anhydride Moc-Gly-(Moc)Gly-0-Gly-Moc by reaction with the oxazolone. (C) The A,A -diacylated peptide eventually cyclizes to the IV.AT-disubstituted hydantoin as it ejects methoxy anion or (D) releases methoxycarbonyl from the peptide bond leading to formation of the -substituted dipeptide ester. 

A comparative study was carried out of the effectiveness of three commercially available chiral columns and nonchiral derivatives of amino acids such as A-(3,5-dinitrobenzoyl) esters (119), phenylurea esters (120), hydantoins (121) and thiohydantoins (98). Although good separations were obtained, no column was universally effective294. 

Mesoionic oxazolium-5-oxides 49 react with aminomalonic ester to give pyrrolidinones 50 as the major or exclusive products <99H(50)71> and the oxazolamine 51 is converted by sodium acetate in acetic acid into the hydantoin 52 <99JHC283>. The intramolecular Diels-Alder cycloaddition of the oxazole 53 and related compounds has been used as a route to substituted isoquinolines <99JOC3595>. ... 

One of the grave sequelia of rheumatoid arthritis involves the destruction of cartilage catalyzed by collagenase enzymes. Considerable work has, as a result, been devoted to uncovering inhibitors of that enzyme. A hydantoin forms a central moiety of the inhibitor cipemastat (94-12). The first step in the convergent synthesis starts by protection of the chiral hydroxyl acid (94-1) as its benzyl ester (94-2). The... 

Reversed phase Amines, amides, imides, acids, profens a-Hydroxy acids, oxazolidinones, amino acids, peptides a-Hydroxy acids, acids, profens, amino acids, amino esters, hydantoins, peptides... 

Cholic acid and 3-phenylcarbamoyl cholic acid allyl esters were grafted to hydride-activated silica gel and the developed CSPs were used for the chiral resolution of derivatized amino acids, amines, alcohols, hydantoins, and 2,2 -... 

Melphalan and the racemic analog have been prepared by two general routes (Scheme I). In Approach (A) the amino acid function is protected, and the nitrogen mustard moiety is prepared by conventional methods from aromatic nitro-derivatives. Thus, the ethyl ester of N-phthaloyl-phenylalanine was nitrated and reduced catalytically to amine I. Compound I was reacted with ethylene oxide to form the corresponding bis(2-hydroxyethyl)amino derivative II, which was then treated with phosphorus oxychloride or thionyl chloride. The blocking groups were removed by acidic hydrolysis. Melphalan was precipitated by addition of sodium acetate and was recrystallized from methanol. No racemization was detected [10,28—30]. The hydrochloride was obtained in pure form from the final hydrolysis mixture by partial neutralization to pH 0.5 [31]. Variants of this approach, used for the preparation of the racemic compound, followed the same route via the a-acylamino-a-p-aminobenzyl malonic ester III [10,28—30,32,33] or the hydantoin IV [12]. 

Resin-bouda-amino esters, besides being traditionally used for making peptides, have served as key intermediates for the construction of various heterocyclic scaffolds. Thus, they react smoothly with isocyanates to form ureas, which upon heating under acidic conditions cyclize to form hydantoins 53 [27]. A one-pot, three-component condensation of resin-bound a-amino esters with aldehydes and a-mercapto acids affords 4-thiazolidi-... 

A condensation occurs between 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and malonic ester20 and in a similar way, two molecules of malonic ester react with furan 2,5-dialdehyde.88 A condensation product, XXXV, has also been obtained with hydantoin.89 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and its acetyl derivative undergo the Perkin reaction with sodium acetate and acetic anhydride giving 5-acetoxymethylfuran 2-acrylic acid (XXXVI).70 Similar products of the same reaction are obtained from 5-methyl-furfural71 and 5,5 -diformyl-l,l -furylmethyl ether (XXVII).61,72... 

The formation of 3.83 was highly sensitive to experimental conditions, and the use of previously reported protocols for SP intramolecular cyclizations to hydantoins failed. The most abundant isolated side-product was the acid urea 3.100, derived from basic hydrolysis of the ester function this finding led to the successful validation of an anhydrous cyclative cleavage protocol using five equivalents of potassium r-butox-ide in anhydrous THF at RT under an Ar atmosphere for 1 hr (Fig. 3.38). Compound 3.83 was isolated in a satisfactory overall 20% yield (12 steps). 

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