Solid-phase synthesis aliphatic amines

A variety of cleavage conditions have been reported for the release of amines from a solid support. Triazene linker 52 prepared from Merrifield resin in three steps was used for the solid-phase synthesis of aliphatic amines (Scheme 22) [61]. The triazenes were stable to basic conditions and the amino products were released in high yields upon treatment with mild acids. Alternatively, base labile linker 53 synthesized from a-bromo-p-toluic acid in two steps was used to anchor amino functions (Scheme 23) [62]. Cleavage was accomplished by oxidation of the thioether to the sulfone with m-chloroperbenzoic acid followed by 13-elimination with a 10% solution of NH4OH in 2,2,2-trifluoroethanol. A linker based on l-(4,4 -dimethyl-2,6-dioxocyclohexylidene)ethyl (Dde) primary amine protecting group was developed for attaching amino functions (Scheme 24) [65]. Linker 54 was stable to both acidic and basic conditions and the final products were cleaved from the resin by treatment with hydrazine or transamination with ra-propylamine. 

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). 

The 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl group, developed by Carpino and co-workers in 1972 [257], has become one of the most widely used protective groups for aliphatic or aromatic amines in solid-phase synthesis. For solid-phase peptide synthesis in particular, this protective group plays an important role [258] (Section 16.1). The Fmoc group is not well suited for liquid-phase synthesis because non-volatile side products are formed during deprotection. 

Phthalimide protection is stable towards acids and bases, but can be cleaved with strong nucleophiles, such as hydrazines or sulfides, or by reduction with sodium boro-hydride [230]. More sensitive towards nucleophilic attack than unsubstituted phthalimide is tetrachlorophthalimide [33]. This group has been successfully used as N(a) protection of amino acids in the solid-phase synthesis of peptides (deprotection N2H4/DMF (15 85), 40 °C, 1 h coupling DIC/HOAt/amino acid (1 1 1), 3 equiv. of each, DMF, 25 °C, 4 h [294]). Typical conditions for the removal of phthaloyl protection on cross-linked polystyrene include treatment of the resin with hydrazine hydrate [295,296], with methyl hydrazine [297], or with primary aliphatic amines [298] in DMF, EtOH, or solvent mixtures for several hours at room temperature or above [296,299,300]. Illustrative examples are sketched in Figure 10.15. It has been claimed that the hydrazinolysis of polystyrene-bound phthalimides proceeds more readily in DCM or DCE than in DMF [301]. 

In the first approach, an amino acid derived 4-nitrophenyl carbamate is used as the carbamoylating reagent. 4-Nitrophenyl carbamates are generally not very reactive, and carbamoylations with these reagents only proceed smoothly with sufficiently nucleophilic aliphatic amines. 4-Nitrophenyl carbamates [252] and O-succinimidyl carbamates [253] in combination with A-Fmoc protection have also been used for the solid-phase synthesis of oligoureas. 

Enantiomerically pure aminoalcohols, which are readily available by reduction of a-amino acids, can be converted into alkoxycarbonylating reagents suitable for the solid-phase synthesis of oligocarbamates (Figure 16.26). Particularly convenient alkoxycarbonylating reagents are 4-nitrophenyl carbonates, which can be prepared from alcohols and 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate, and which react smoothly with aliphatic primary or secondary amines to yield the corresponding carbamates. 

The displacement of fluoride from 2-fluoropyrimidine by aliphatic amines is about 100 times as fast as the displacements of the corresponding chloride or bromide, and reactions can be carried out at room temperature. Aryl-amines are umeactive under these conditions, but do react in the presence of trifluoro-acetic acid or boron trifluoride. These mild conditions allow the use of the fluoro-compound in solid phase synthesis (using excess of the fluoropyrimidine to ensure complete conversion). ... 

Based on an aminoalkylurethane linker attached to the Wang resin 155, Zaragoza et al. developed a solid-phase synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles. Thus, as shown in Scheme 4.1.30, Wang resin 84 was primarily treated with 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate 153 in the presence of pyridine to give 154 and then reacted with piperazine in DMF to produce 155. Subsequent reaction with a freshly prepared solution of 3-oxobutyric acid phenyl ester afforded resin-bound 3-oxobutyryl piperazine 156. In the presence of triethylorthoformate, the condensation of 156 with primary aliphatic amines readily produced the corresponding 3-amino-2-butenoic acid amides attached to the solid support (157). 

Less reactive than acyl halides, but still suitable for difficult couplings, are symmetric or mixed anhydrides (e.g. with pivalic or 2,6-dichlorobenzoic acid) and HOAt-derived active esters. HOBt esters smoothly acylate primary or secondary aliphatic amines, including amino acid esters or amides, without concomitant esterification of alcohols or phenols [34], HOBt esters are the most commonly used type of activated esters in automated solid-phase peptide synthesis. For reasons not yet fully understood, acylations with HOBt esters or halophenyl esters can be effectively catalyzed by HOBt and HOAt [3], and mixtures of BOP (in situ formation of HOBt esters) and HOBt are among the most efficient coupling agents for solid-phase peptide synthesis [2]. In acylations with activated amino acid derivatives, the addition of HOBt or HOAt also retards racemization [4,12,35]. 

Inorganic bases have been also employed in this system. When Butcher first used alkali carbonates [50], it was reported that, in DMF and at ambient temperature, the carbamation of primary and secondary aliphatic amines (or also arylamines) with alkyl halides under a C02 atmosphere (0.1 MPa) was effectively promoted by Cs2C03 [50, 51]. The Cs+ cations in the solvent used (DMF) did not form ion pairs with counterions, and favored the formation of naked carbamate anions that were more reactive at the O-ends with alkyl halides. Jung further found that the addition of tetrabutylammonium iodide (TBAI) to the system RR NH/ C02/RX/Cs2C03/DMF promoted the carbamation process with a higher yield and selectivity with respect to N-alkylation [51]. The process has been successfully extended to the synthesis of carbamate functionalities on solid phases. In this case, resin-bound carbamates are readily released from the resin by treatment with LiAlH4 in THF, yielding the respective N-methyl secondary amines [51]. 

DECP is an efficient and valuable reagent for amide formation, and both aliphatic and aromatic acids react with aliphatic and aromatic amines. In combination with EtjN, DECP is a coupling reagent for the racemization-free peptide synthesis in DMP, CH2CI2, or THE with excellent yields.359-378 -dso useful for solid-phase peptide synthesis in both the stepwise and fragment-... 

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