Hydroxymethyl polystyrene

For the synthesis of perfectly dendronized sohd-phase polymers (Fig. 7.4) various dendritic structures were prepared based on amide connections [6]. For example, the naturally occurring amino acid lysine was used as a building block in creating a dendritic scaffold [33]. The synthesis of symmetrical tri-branching den-drimers on aminomethyl polystyrene macrobeads was also described in literature [34]. Recently, aryl ether dendrimers were prepared on hydroxymethyl polystyrene using a Mitsunobu reaction with 3,5-bis(acetoxymethyl)phenol [35]. 

We synthesized 8 by the one-step reaction of [Ph4(Tl -C4CO)]Ru(CO)3 with benzyl chloride. In contrast to previous alcohol racemization catalysts, 8 was stable in the air during racemization [30]. The racemization was performed even under 1 atm of molecular oxygen. Thus, alcohol DKR was for the first time possible with 8 in the air at room temperature (R)-l-phenylethyl acetate (99% yield, greater than 99%e.e.) was obtained from 1-phenylethanol by using 4mol% of 8, CALB and isopropenyl acetate in the presence of potassium phosphate (Scheme 1.22). This catalyst system was effective for both benzylic and aliphatic alcohols. The synthetic method for 8 was applied to the preparation of a polymer-bound derivative (9). Hydroxymethyl polystyrene was reacted with 4-(chloromethyl)benzoyl chloride to... 

Scheme 8 shows how this synthesis was performed. FMOCprotected methoxy-3-amino-benzoic acid 62 was attached to hydroxymethyl polystyrene resin. The resulting ester 63 was deprotected and then reductively... 

Support-bound /V-sulfonyl carbamates, which can be prepared by N-sulfonylation of resin-bound carbamates, are susceptible to nucleophilic cleavage. These intermediates enable the solid-phase preparation of A-ary I- or /V-alkylsulfonamides using inexpensive hydroxymethyl polystyrene (Entries 8 and 9, Table 3.15). Polystyrene-bound carbamates can also be cleaved by treatment with acyl halides in the presence of Lewis acids (Entry 4, Table 3.16). 

Cleavage conditions for alkyl benzyl ethers prepared from acid-labile benzyl alcohols are similar to those for the corresponding benzyl esters (Table 3.30). Aryl benzyl ethers, however, are generally cleaved more easily by acidolysis than esters or alkyl ethers. Phenols etherified with hydroxymethyl polystyrene, for instance, can even be released by treatment with TFA (Entry 1, Table 3.31). It has also been shown that Wang resin derived phenyl ethers are less stable than Wang resin derived esters towards refluxing acetic acid [29]. Alternatively, boron tribromide may be used to cleave aryl ethers from hydroxymethyl polystyrene [573],... 

The support originally used for solid-phase synthesis was partially chloromethy-lated cross-linked polystyrene, which was prepared by chloromethylation of cross-linked polystyrene with chloromethyl methyl ether and tin(IV) chloride [1-3] or zinc chloride [4] (Figure 6.1). Haloalkylations of this type are usually only used for the functionalization of supports, and not for selective transformation of support-bound intermediates. Because of the mutagenicity of a-haloethers, other methods have been developed for the preparation of chloromethyl polystyrene. These include the chlorination of methoxymethyl polystyrene (Figure 6.1 [5]), the use of a mixture of dimethoxymethane, sulfuryl chloride, and chlorosulfonic acid instead of chloromethyl methyl ether [6], the chlorination of hydroxymethyl polystyrene [7], and the chlorination of cross-linked 4-methylstyrene-styrene copolymer with sodium hypochlorite [8], sulfuryl chloride [8], or cobalt(III) acetate/lithium chloride [9] (Figure 6.1, Table 6.1). 

Hydroxymethyl polystyrene has been prepared from chloromethyl polystyrene, either by conversion into the acetate by nucleophilic substitution followed by saponification, or directly by treatment with a mixture of potassium acetate and tetrabutyl-ammonium hydroxide in 1,2-dichlorobenzene/water (85 °C, 2 d [61]). 

Acrylic acid esterified with cross-linked hydroxymethyl polystyrene or Wang resin reacts smoothly with primary or secondary aliphatic amines at room temperature (Entries 1 and 2, Table 10.6). Only sterically demanding amines or amines of low nucleophilicity (anilines, a-amino acid esters) fail to add to polystyrene-bound acrylate. Support-bound acrylamides are less reactive than acrylic esters, and generally require heating to undergo addition with amines (Entries 4 and 5, Table 10.6). a, 3-Unsaturated esters with substituents in the 3-position (e.g. crotonates, Entry 3, Table 10.6) react significantly more slowly with nucleophiles than do acrylates. The examples in Table 10.6 also show that polystyrene-bound esters are rather stable towards aminolysis, and provide for robust attachment even in the presence of high concentrations of amines. Entry 10 in Table 10.6 is an example of the alkylation of a resin-bound amine with an electron-poor alkene to yield a fluorinated peptide mimetic. 

Standard solid-phase peptide synthesis requires the first (C-terminal) amino acid to be esterified with a polymeric alcohol. Partial racemization can occur during the esterification of N-protected amino acids with Wang resin or hydroxymethyl polystyrene [200,201]. /V-Fmoc amino acids are particularly problematic because the bases required to catalyze the acylation of alcohols can also lead to deprotection. A comparative study of various esterification methods for the attachment of Fmoc amino acids to Wang resin [202] showed that the highest loadings with minimal racemization can be achieved under Mitsunobu conditions or by activation with 2,6-dichloroben-zoyl chloride (Experimental Procedure 13.5). iV-Fmoc amino acid fluorides in the presence of DMAP also proved suitable for the racemization-free esterification of Wang resin (Entry 1, Table 13.13). The most extensive racemization was observed when DMF or THF was used as solvent, whereas little or no racemization occurred in toluene or DCM [203]. 

Trichloroacetimidates are the only type of imino ethers to have found some application in solid-phase synthesis. Trichloroacetimidates can readily be prepared from support-bound alcohols by treatment with trichloroacetonitrile and a base (Entry 6, Table 13.18). Because trichloroacetimidates are good alkylating agents, this reaction offers a convenient alternative for converting support-bound aliphatic alcohols into alkylating agents. Trichloroacetimidates prepared from Wang resin or from hydroxymethyl polystyrene are quite stable and can be stored for several months without decomposition [253],... 

Figure 16.3 shows a representative example of the synthesis of peptides using the Boc strategy. Hydroxymethyl polystyrene can be used as the support or, if large peptides are to be prepared, polystyrene with the more acid-resistant PAM linker. Polyacrylamides [17] with a benzyl alcohol linker are also compatible with the Boc Strategy-... 

Attachment of the first amino acid is usually performed using a symmetric anhydride in the presence of DMAP, but mixed anhydrides or acid fluorides can also be used (see Section 13.4.1). Alternatively, chloromethyl polystyrene can be treated with the cesium salt of the first amino acid to yield the corresponding benzyl ester (Section 13.4.2). All proteinogenic Boc-protected a-amino acids linked to hydroxymethyl polystyrene or PAM resin are commercially available [18,19] and can be stored for long periods without deterioration. 

FIGURE 12.7 MAS H-NMR spectra of the solid-phase synthesis of a trisubstituted amine on the hydroxymethyl polystyrene resin. Reprinted with permission from Y. Luo, X. Ouyang, R.W. Armstrong and M.M. Murphy, J. Org. Chem., 1998, 63, 8719. Copyright 1998 American Chemical Society. 

The following derivatives utilized hydroxymethyl polystyrene as the polymeric substrate in preparing A-allyl derivatives. 

The system has tlie advantage that labihty of the ester linkage to the solid support is of no concern. No special entity has to be placed between the hydroxymethyl polystyrene and the acryl unit. The ester bond proved to be stable towards mildly basic and acidic conditions. 

For loading onto the resin, (hydroxymethyl)polystyrene (6.00 g, 6 mmol) and imidazole (2.45 g, 36 mmol) were taken up in DMF (40 mL). The arylchlor-osilane (6.92 g, 24.1 mmol) was added to the suspension and the mixture was kept at rt with shaking for 45 h. The resin was then filtered off, washed with DMF (three times), THF (three times), and CH2CI2 (three times), and then dried. Repetition of the above procedure enhanced the loading. 

A resin with mixed carbonic-carboxylic anhydride function has been prepared and used as acylating reagent [144], Thus, the supported chloroformate 140 was obtained by reaction of hydroxymethylated polystyrene with phosgene in benzene (Scheme 7.43). Further treatment with benzoic acid in the presence of triethyl-amine in benzene gave rise to the supported mixed anhydride 141. This polymer has been used in the benzoylation of several amines, although variable amounts of benzoic acid from attack to the internal carbonyl were obtained when using aromatic amines. 

A hydantoin library of 800 compounds has been reported by Dress-mann et al. [61]. In this approach, 20 different amino acids and over 80 primary amines were incorporated. Selected amino acids were attached via their iV-terminus to hydroxymethyl polystyrene resin by using a carbamate linker. This enabled generation of the free acid resin-bound intermediates, which could then be converted to their corresponding amides by standard carbodiimide coupling reactions and excess primary amine. Concomitant... 

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