Hydrogenation protecting groups

APA may be either obtained directly from special Penicillium strains or by hydrolysis of penicillin Q with the aid of amidase enzymes. A major problem in the synthesis of different amides from 6-APA is the acid- and base-sensitivity of its -lactam ring which is usually very unstable outside of the pH range from 3 to 6. One synthesis of ampidllin applies the condensation of 6-APA with a mixed anhydride of N-protected phenylglydne. Catalytic hydrogenation removes the N-protecting group. Yields are low (2 30%) (without scheme). 

Alternatively the benzyloxycarbonyl protecting group may be removed by treat ment with hydrogen bromide m acetic acid... 

Hydrogen bromide may be used to remove either the benzyloxycarbonyl or tert butoxycarbonyl protecting group The benzyloxycarbonyl protect mg group may also be removed by catalytic hydrogenolysis... 

A benzylidene acetal is a commonly used protective group for 1,2- and 1,3-diols. In the case of a 1,2,3-triol the 1,3-acetal is the preferred product. It has the advantage that it can be removed under neutral conditions by hydrogenolysis or by acid hydrolysis. Benzyl groups and isolated olefins have been hydrogenated in the presence of 1,3-benzylidene acetals. Benzylidene acetals of 1,2-diols are more susceptible to hydrogenolysis than are those of 1,3-diols. In fact, the former can be removed in the presence of the latter. A polymer-bound benzylidene acetal has also been prepared." ... 

For a particular phenol, the authors required a protective group that would be stable to reduction (by complex metals, catalytic hydrogenation, and Birch conditions) and that could be easily and selectively removed. 

Hg(OAc)2, H2O, 80% AcOH, HSCH2CH2SH, 25°, 5-20 min H2S, 2 h, high yield. The removal of an 5-benzylthiomethyl protective group from a dithioacetal with mercuiy(II) acetate avoids certain side reactions that occur when an 5-benzyl thioether is cleaved with sodium/ammonia. The dithioacetal is stable to hydrogen bromide/acetic acid used to cleave benzyl carbamates. 

Some advantages of the Fmoc protective group are that it has excellent acid stability thus BOC and benzyl-based groups can be removed in its presence. It is readily cleaved, nonhydrolytically, by simple amines, and the protected amine is liberated as its free base. The Fmoc group is generally considered to be stable to hydrogenation conditions, but it has been shown that under some circumstances it can be cleaved with H2/Pd-C, AcOH, MeOH, (t /2 = 3-33 h). ... 

Several protective groups have been prepared that rely on a /3-elimination to effect cleavage. Often the protective group must first be activated to increase the acidity of the jS-hydrogen. In general the derivatives are prepared by standard procedures, from either the chloroformate or mixed carbonate. 

A number of protective groups have been developed that simultaneously protect both sites of a primary nitrogen. These may prove to be useful for cases where acidic hydrogens on nitrogen cannot be tolerated. 

Phosphinamides are stable to catalytic hydrogenation, used to cleave benzyl-derived protective groups, and to hydrazine. The rate of hydrolysis of phosphin-... 

Severe nonbonded interactions with the angular methyl groups at C-10 and C-13 and the 8/ -hydrogen strongly hinder formation of tetrahedral derivatives of the 11-ketone. The formation of protecting groups is therefore difficult to achieve. 

In an attempt to protect thiophenols during electrophilic substitution reactions on the aromatic ring, the three substituted thioethers were prepared. After acetylation of the aromatic ring (with moderate yields), the protective group was converted to the disulfide in moderate yields, 50-60%, by oxidation with hydrogen peroxide/boiling mineral acid, nitric acid, or acidic potassium permanganate. ... 

Phosphinamides are stable to catalytic hydrogenation, used to cleave benzyl-derived protective groups, and to hydrazine. The rate of hydrolysis of phosphinamides is a function of the steric and electronic factors around the phosphorus. This derivative has largely been used for the protection of amino acids and occurs few, if any, times in the general synthetic literature. 

This easily prepared lipophilic 5 -phosphate protective group is cleaved by NCS oxidation (dioxane, triethylammonium hydrogen carbonate, 2 h, rt) followed by ammonia-induced j3-elimination. ... 

Treatment of 8-azidomethylperhydropyrido[l,2-c]pyrimidin-l-one 157 with methyl triflate and catalytic hydrogenation of the azide group led to the formation of tricyclic guanidine derivative 158 (01JA8851). Hydroxy group of 149 was protected with methoxymethyl chloride, and the p-methoxybenzyl protecting group (PMB) was eliminated by treatment with DDQ. 

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