Methylamides

R. J. Loncharich, B. R. Brooks, and R. W. Pastor. Langevin dynamics of peptides The frictional dependence of isomerization rates of N-acetylalanyl-N -methylamide. Biopolymers, 32 523-535, 1992. 

The importance of ring size holds also for tautomerism of -pyrrol-5-ones and. d -dihydro-6-pyridones. While the former compounds behave as cyclic 1-methyl-2-alkyl-2-hydroxy-5-pyrrolidones 179) (76) [or, on distillation, as the dehydrated l-methyl-2-alkyl-J -pyrrolones (77)], the latter compounds exist as acyclic N-methylamides of 8-oxo-acids (78) [as shown by infrared spectroscopy (/80)j. The dehydration of 78 during distillation to form l-methyl-2-alkyl-. -dihydro-6-pyridones (79) is achieved only with difficulty. 

Only one of the two acetyl groups of diacetylfuroxans underwent a Schmidt reaction. A mixture of acetylamino- (127) and aminofuroxans 128 was obtained (95MC56) (Scheme 75). Under similar conditions 3-acetyl-4-nitrofuroxan afforded a mixture of tetrazole 129 and A-methylamide 130, albeit in low yield. 

With 1-hydroxytryptophan derivatives, similar substituent effects are observed (99H2815). In order to realize better yields of 5-substituted tryptophans, car-boxy and amino groups are transformed to ester and/or amide groups, choosing the 1-methoxy moiety as a leaving group. As a result, ( )-Ab-acetyl-5-chlorotryptophan methyl ester (219, 52%) is obtained together with 220 (7%) from ( )-218 by the reaction with aqueous HCl (Scheme 32). ( )-5-Bromo-Ab-methoxycarbonyltryptophan methylamide (222, 50%) becomes readily available... 

Scheme 6a presents the synthesis of fragment 15. Intermediate 15 harbors two vicinal stereogenic centers, and is assembled in a very straightforward manner through the use of asymmetric aldol methodology. Treatment of the boron enolate derived from 21 with 3-[(p-methoxybenzyl)oxy]propanal (22) affords crystalline syn aldol adduct 34 in 87 % yield as a single diastereomer. Transamination to the A-methoxy-A-methylamide,20 followed by silylation of the secondary hydroxyl group at C-19 with triethylsilyl chloride, provides intermediate 15 in 91 % yield. 

The completion of the synthesis of the polyol glycoside subunit 7 requires construction of the fully substituted stereocenter at C-10 and a stereocontrolled dihydroxylation of the C3-C4 geminally-disub-stituted olefin (see Scheme 10). The action of methyllithium on Af-methoxy-Af-methylamide 50) furnishes a methyl ketone which is subsequently converted into intermediate 10 through oxidative removal of the /j-methoxybenzyl protecting group with DDQ. Intermediate 10 is produced in an overall yield of 83 % from 50) , and is a suitable substrate for an a-chelation-controlled carbonyl addition reaction.18 When intermediate 10 is exposed to three equivalents of... 

Acyl imidazolides are more reactive than esters but not as reactive as acyl halides. Entry 7 is an example of formation of a (3-ketoesters by reaction of magnesium enolate monoalkyl malonate ester by an imidazolide. Acyl imidazolides also are used for acylation of ester enolates and nitromethane anion, as illustrated by Entries 8, 9, and 10. (V-Methoxy-lV-methylamides are also useful for acylation of ester enolates. 

The disaccharide derivative 0-(2,3,4,6-tetra-0-acetyl-/ -D-galactopy-ranosyl)-(l— 3)-0-(2-acetamido-6-0-benzoyl-2-deoxy-/ -D-glucopyran-osyl)-(l— 3)-N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-serine methylamide (192) was prepared by condensation of 3-0-(2-acetamido-2-deoxy-6-0-benzoyl-/ -D-glucopyranosyl)-N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-serine methylamide (191) with tetra-O-acetyl-a-D-galactopyranosyl bromide147 (110) under the conditions of the Helferich-Wedemeyer procedure. Treatment of 192 with methylamine in methanol at 0° gave89 193. 

N-(benzyloxycarbonylglycyl)-, methyl ester N-(8-methoxycarbonyloctanoyl)-, methylamide methylamide 2-acetamido-2-deoxy-N-acetyl-... 

N-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-5-tert-butyl-L-glutamyl-, methylamide methylamide, oxalate a-D-Glucopyranosyl... 

L-alanylglycyl-L-cysteinyl-L-lysyl-L-asparaginyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-phenylalanyl-L-tryptophanyl-L-lysyl-L-threonyl-L-threonyl-L-cysteine 6-0-benzoyl-N-(benzyloxycarbonyl) methylamide 4,6-0-benzylidene-N-benzylidene-N-(benzyloxycarbonyl) methylamide N- (benzyloxy carbonyl) -N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-, amide N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-, hydrazide N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-, methylamide N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-, methyl ester N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-alanyl-L-alanine methyl ester N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-alanylglycine ethyl ester N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)glycyl-L-alanine methyl ester 3,4,6-tri-0-acetyl-2-amino-2-deoxy-N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-, benzyl ester, hydrochloride... 

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