Linkers for Aliphatic Amines

A series of special linkers and cleavage strategies has been developed for the release of amines from insoluble supports (Table 3.23). These include the attachment of amines as triazenes, enamines, aminals, amidines, sulfonamides, sulfinamides, hydrazines, or amides. 

Entry Loaded resin Cleavage conditions Product, yield (purity) Ref. 

Support-bound triacylmethanes (e.g. 2-acetyldimedone) readily react with primary aliphatic amines to yield enamines. These are stable towards weak acids and bases, and can be used as linkers for solid-phase peptide synthesis using either the Boc or Fmoc methodologies, as well as for the solid-phase synthesis of oligosaccharides [456]. Cleavage of these enamines can be achieved by treatment with primary amines or hydrazine (Entries 2 and 3, Table 3.23 see also Section 10.1.10.4). 

Amidines and sulfonamides have also been used as linkers for primary or secondary aliphatic amines (Entries 4, 5, and 7, Table 3.23). These derivatives are stable under basic and acidic reaction conditions and can only be cleaved by strong nucleophiles. Phenylalanine amides can be hydrolyzed by treatment with certain enzymes (Entry 8, Table 3.23), and can therefore be used for linking amines to supports compatible with enzyme-mediated reactions (CPG, some polyacrylamides, macroporous polystyrene, etc.). 

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Table 3.21. Benzhydrylamine and tritylamine linkers for aliphatic amines.

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