Solid phase chemistry

Workers at Sphinx [24] have published a synthetic route to a series ofhighly functionalized biphenyl compounds. The key reactions in this sequence are the biaiyl Stille and/or Suzuki couplings to form the biphenyl nucleus and the use of Mitsunobu chemistry to attach the variable side chains (Fig. 2). The illustrated route utilizes a solution-based diaryl coupling followed by on-resin Mitsunobu reactions. Although the diaiyl coupling proceeds on solid phase, this group s desire to maximize resin loading prompted them to implement the former route. 

Chemists from Merck [25] have also described the use of the Mitsunobu reaction for the functionalization of either phenols or benzyl alcohols using TMAD/Bu3P. Similar chemistry has been applied successfully to intermediate phenols prepared using the Mimo-tope pin technology [26], 

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Researchers have focused much of their attention on developing new carbon-carbon bond forming reactions. Two groups have described the successful application of an intramolecular Heck reaction (Fig. 3). In one example, the reaction is used to close six- 

Several routes to cycloalkanes have been developed (Fig. 4). Bolton [29] described the synthesis of azabicyclo[4.3, 0]nonen-8-ones using an intramolecular Pauson-Khand cycliza-tion. The relative stereochemistry was controlled in this cyclization step which proceeded in good yield regardless of whether the nitrogen atom bore an allyl (shown) or propargyl (not shown) substituent. The ene reaction was employed in a route to trans-substituted cyclopentane and cyclohexanes [30], Reductive cleavage from the resin with LiBFL, provided the diol or, alternatively, cleavage with Ti(OEt)4 produced the diester. 

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Combinatorial chemistry has significantly increased the nurnjjers of molecules that can be synthesised in a modern chemical laboratory. The classic approach to combinatorial synthesis involves the use of a solid support (e.g. polystyrene beads) together with a scheme called split-mix. Solid-phase chemistry is particularly appealing because it permits excess reagent to be used, so ensuring that the reaction proceeds to completion. The excess... 

Solid-phase chemistry is an efficient synthetic tool that, compared with solution-phase chemistry, simplifies the work-up of the reaction, allows the process to be driven to completion by using excess of reagents, and can be automatized [2a]. In recent years, many studies have been devoted to developing both surface-mediated and resin-supported synthesis. Today the solid-phase approach is not limited to peptides and oligonucleotides but is also used to synthesize molecules of lower molecular weight. 

Abstract Current microwave-assisted protocols for reaction on solid-phase and soluble supports are critically reviewed. The compatibility of commercially available polymer supports with the relatively harsh conditions of microwave heating and the possibilities for reaction monitoring are discussed. Instrmnentation available for microwave-assisted solid-phase chemistry is presented. This review also summarizes the recent applications of controlled microwave heating to sohd-phase and SPOT-chemistry, as well as to synthesis on soluble polymers, fluorous phases and functional ionic liquid supports. The presented examples indicate that the combination of microwave dielectric heating with solid- or soluble-polymer supported chemistry techniques provides significant enhancements both at the level of reaction rate and ease of purification compared to conventional procedures. 

Recently it has been shown that the microwave-assisted decoration of the 2(lff)-pyrazinone scaffold can allow an easy introduction of different substituents at the C-3 and even to the less reactive C-5 position [29]. Taking full advantage of combinatorial principles, some of these pathways were transferred to microwave-enhanced solid-phase chemistry, opening the way for the generation of many biologically interesting structures [108]. 

The availability of functionalized 2(lH)-pyrazinone in combination with the use of microwave accelerated solid-phase chemistry constitutes a sohd foundation for generating large libraries of compoimds suitable for medicinal chemistry. The authors have also shown that the scaffold can be further functionalized using the principles of cUck-chemistry , thereby paving the way towards highly substituted 2-pyridone structures [45-47]. 

Dipeptides and longer peptides are typically synthesized by solid-phase chemistry at polymer beads, a route discovered by and named after Merrifield [5, 88]. Disadvantages of this approach are that the polymer support is expensive and additional steps for linkage to and cleavage from the polymer are required. Hence solution chemistries are an alternative to the Merrifield approach. 

Haase C, Seitz O (2007) Chemical Synthesis of Glycopeptides. 267 1-36 Hahn F, Schepers U (2007) Solid Phase Chemistry for the Directed Synthesis of Biologically Active Polyamine Analogs, Derivatives, and Conjugates. 278 135-208 Hansen SG, Skrydstrup T (2006) Modification of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Carbohydrates through Radical Chemistry. 264 135-162... 

Garcia-Echeverria C. A base labile handle for solid phase chemistry. Tetrahedron Lett 1997 38 8933-8934. 

The process known as SPREAD (Surface Promoted Replication and Exponential Amplification of DNA Analogues) attempts to reach the target, striven for by many researchers, of an exponential proliferation of biomolecules in model systems. As already mentioned, product inhibition (e.g., by dimerisation of the new matrices to give C2) only allowed parabolic growth. In the SPREAD process, both solid phase chemistry and feeding have a positive effect on the synthesis. Thus, no separation processes are required, as excess reagents can be removed just by washing. The synthetic process consists of four steps ... 

The book focuses on the biogeochemistry of trace elements in arid and semiarid zone soils and includes an introductory chapter on the nature and properties of arid zone soils. It presents an updated overview and a comprehensive coverage of the major aspects of trace elements and heavy metals that are of most concern in the world s arid and semi-arid soils. These include the content and distribution of trace elements in arid soils, their solution chemistry, their solid-phase chemistry, selective sequential dissolution techniques for trace elements in arid soils, the bioavailability of trace elements, and the pollution and remediation of contaminated arid soils. A comprehensive and focused case study on transfer fluxes of trace elements in Israeli arid and semi-arid soils is presented. The book concludes with a discussion of a quantitative global perspective on anthropogenic interferences in the natural trace elements distributions. The elements discussed in this book include Cd, Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn, Hg, As, Se, Co, B, Mo and others. This book is an excellent reference for students and professionals in the environmental, ecological, agricultural and geological sciences. 

Zipp A., Homby W.B., Solid-phase chemistry its principles and applications in clinical analysis, Talanta 1984 31 863. 

One of the first dedicated applications of microwaves in solid-phase chemistry was in the synthesis of small peptide molecules, as described by Wang and coworkers [22]. As a preliminary test, the authors coupled Fmoc-Ile and Fmoc-Val, respectively, with Gly-preloaded Wang resin using the corresponding symmetric anhydrides (Scheme 7.1). 

In closely related work, similar solid-phase chemistry was employed by the same research group to prepare biaryl urea compound libraries by microwave-assisted Suzuki couplings followed by cleavage from the resin with amines (Scheme 7.47) [18]. The above described procedure enabled the generation of large biaryl urea compound libraries employing a simple domestic microwave oven. 

Raillard SP, Ji G, Mann AD, Baer TA (1999) Fast scale-up using solid-phase chemistry. Org Proc Res Dev 3 177-183... 

This causes the resin to shrink and aids in the handling of resin material. As a result, the dried resin product must be preswollen in DCM DMF (1 1), DCM THF (1 1), or DCM for 24 h before use for solid-phase chemistry. 

Solid phase chemistry has gained widespread use in recent years. Among the immense number of reactions that can be performed on the resin nowadays, the all-carbon Diels-Alder reaction still takes a minor place. The resin-bound Diels-Alder reactions reported in the literature between 1992 and 1997 have been reviewed recently143. 

The Elovich model was originally developed to describe the kinetics of heterogeneous chemisorption of gases on solid surfaces [117]. It describes a number of reaction mechanisms including bulk and surface diffusion, as well as activation and deactivation of catalytic surfaces. In solid phase chemistry, the Elovich model has been used to describe the kinetics of sorption/desorption of various chemicals on solid phases [23]. It can be expressed as [118] ... 

In this section, an example will be given in which a (small) library of a new type of cationic lipids was synthesized and screened for TE (63). For synthesis, combinatorial solid phase chemistry was used. All cationic lipids of the example library are structurally based on 3-methylamino-1,2-dihydroxy-propane as the polar, cationic lipid part. As nonpolar lipid part, different hydrocarbon chains are boimd to the amino group of the scaffold and the amino group was further methylated to get constantly cationic-charged lipids. Lipids were synthesized in both configurations and as racemats, and the counterions were varied as well. Table 1 summarizes the structural features of these lipids. 

Usually, linkers are bifunctional molecules one functionality is for connection to the solid support, and the other is a selective cleavable functional group. Because peptide synthesis was more or less the only application for solid-phase chemistry in its early days, most of the linkers were developed to supply amines or carboxylic acids after cleavage. 

Nowadays, solid-phase synthesis has been used as a powerful tool in organic chemistry, especially to prepare small molecule libraries. New linkers to obtain different functionalities after cleavage have been developed. There are different linkers strategies (Fig. 3.2), for example traceless linkers, multifunctional linkers, safety catch linkers, fragmentation/ cycloreversion cleavage linkers, cyclization cleavage linkers, which are useful methods for combinatorial solid-phase chemistry. 

The fragmentation strategy is based on a similar concept to traceless solid-phase chemistry, like retrocycloaddition cleavage, cycloelimination or cyclofragmentation. These are synthetically useful reactions with wide scope for the construction of rigid templates of different ring sizes. Up to now only one example for the attachment of heteroatoms via addition/elimination strategy has been developed, by Kurth et al. (Scheme 3.7) [188, 189]. 

In contrast there are many examples for reduction processes on polymeric supports, because it is an especially useful transformation for aromatic nitro compounds in solid-phase chemistry. The reaction can be divided into two general classes polymer-bound substrates and polymer-bound oxidant- and reductant-reagents. 

For the synthesis of alkenes, the Wittig and Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reactions have become important tools. Triphenylphosphine that is used in the Wittig reaction can be immobilized either on the polymer or can be used in solution for solid-phase chemistry (Scheme 3.18). The Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction for example is used for the synthesis of aldehyde building blocks [261]. 

Asymmetric organocatalysis in solid-phase chemistry has been recently reviewed [280],... 

The Biginelli reaction is a cyclocondensation between ethylacetoacetate, an arylal-dehyde and urea derivatives to obtain dihydropyrimidines. Transfer this reaction to the solid-phase chemistry, allow the preparation of libraries of this kind of products (Scheme 3.18) [288]. 

There are only a few syntheses of three-membered heterocycles (Fig. 3.4) reported in solid-phase chemistry. Filigheddu et al. [305] described the synthesis of aziri-dines (223) (Scheme 3.33), which are important heterocycles in organic and medicinal chemistry. 

Fig. 3.4 Three-membered heteroqfcles obtained by solid-phase chemistry...

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