Protecting groups 1-methyl-1-methoxy ethyl

The three orthogonally removable lysine protecting groups we use here are Fmoc (9-fluorenyl methoxy carbonyl), cleavable with 20% base, preferably with 20% piperidine or 3% DBU (l,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene) (18), Dde (1-(4,4-dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohexylidene)-ethyl), cleavable with 2% hydrazine, and Aloe (allyloxy carbonyl), cleavable with palladium. Hydrazine also removes Fmoc, and thus it can be applied only if no Fmoc groups are present on the growing peptide chain. Acid-sensitive amino protecting groups available are Boc (tert-butyloxy carbonyl), cleavable with 90% TFA, and Mtt (4-methyl-trityl), cleavable with 1% TFA. We use Boc for the protection of the N-terminal moieties of N-terminal amino acids in each peptide chain as well as at the N-terminus of the scaffold. 

The synthesis of the 10-methoxytetracyclic ketone 353 (Scheme 26) started from the readily available 3-methyl-5-methoxyindole 355, which after Boc protection, was brominated, and then condensed with the anion of the Schollkopf auxiliary 356 (from l-valine). Removal of the Boc-protecting group, followed in succession by A -methylation and hydrolysis, gave the required A -methyl-5-methoxy-D-tryptophan ethyl ester 357, which was then transformed into the key 10-methoxytetracyclic ketone 353, via N-benzylation, Pictet-Spengler condensation, and Dieckmann cyclization. Subsequent N-alkylation by the vinyl iodide 358 followed by Pd-catalyzed (enolate-driven)... 

In 2011, an efficient approach for the formation of phthalimides through the oxidative carbonylation of aromatic amides was developed by Rovis and coworkers in the presence of rhodium catalyst [9]. In this context, 16 examples were synthesized (Table 15.4). Different kinds of Af-protecting groups such as alkyl (methyl, -butyl, -hexyl, and isopropyl), benzyl, phenyl ethyl, and CHjCOjMe can be utilized with moderate to good efficiency. Substrates bearing para or meta electron-donating groups with the example of methyl, methoxy, and phenyl... 

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