Synthesis in solution

Solid Phase Synthesis Versns Polymer-Supported Synthesis in Solution... 

Under certain condition, however, reactions are still preferably conducted in solution. This is the case e.g., for heterogeneous reactions and for conversions, which deliver complex product mixtures. In the latter case, further conversion of this mixture on the solid support is not desirable. In these instances, the combination of solution chemistry with polymer-assisted conversions can be an advantageous solution. Polymer-assisted synthesis in solution employs the polymer matrix either as a scavenger or for polymeric reagents. In both cases the virtues of solution phase and solid supported chemistry are ideally combined allowing for the preparation of pure products by filtration of the reactive resin. If several reactive polymers are used sequentially, multi-step syntheses can be conducted in a polymer-supported manner in solution as well. As a further advantage, many reactive polymers can be recycled for multiple use. 

Although the solid-phase technique was first developed for the synthesis of peptide chains and has seen considerable use for this purpose, it has also been used to synthesize chains of polysaccharides and polynucleotides in the latter case, solid-phase synthesis has almost completely replaced synthesis in solution. The technique has been applied less often to reactions in which only two molecules are brought together (nonrepetitive syntheses), but many examples have been reported. 

The thiophene synthesis described herein is related to the synthesis in solution reported by Laliberte, and Medawar4 but differs in some aspects from the procedure in homogeneous phase. Laliberte and Medawar succeeded in obtaining aminothio-phenes in a one-pot reaction from acceptor-substituted acetonitriles, isothiocyanates, a-haloketones, and sodium ethoxide. In contrast to their procedure, solid-phase S-alkylation of the intermediate thioamides under basic conditions led to the formation of product mixtures. We obtained pure aminothio-phenes only when conducting the S-alkylation under neutral or slightly acidic conditions. 

The reagents and methods employed for coupling in solid-phase synthesis are the same as for synthesis in solution, but a few are excluded because they are unsuitable. The mixed-anhydride method (see Section 2.6) and l-ethoxycarbonyl-2-ethoxy-l,2-dihydroquinoline (see Section 2.15) are not used because there is no way to eliminate aminolysis at the wrong carbonyl of the anhydride. Acyl azides (see Section 2.13) are too laborious to make and too slow to react. The preparation of acyl chlorides (see Section 2.14) is too complicated for their routine use this may be rectified, however, by the availability of triphosgene (see Section 7.13). That leaves the following choices, bearing in mind that a two to three times molar excess of protected amino acid is always employed. 

Aminoethyl)piperidine (16) is a base and nucleophile employed for removal of fluorenylmethyl-based protectors during synthesis in solution. The adduct formed with the released moiety can be separated from the peptide ester by extraction into a pH 7.4 phosphate buffer (see Section 7.11). 

When a slurry of Si02, [Re(C0)30H]4, excess K2CO3 and water is stirred at 25 °C and evaporated to dryness, K[Re2(CO)6( i-OH)3] is formed in quantitative yield [65]. However, the Si02 surface does not play an important role in this conversion because the same complex can be obtained quantitatively by reaction in water of ]Re(C0)30H]4 with K2CO3 or with [NEt4]OH [65]. Nonetheless, the investigation of this silica-mediated synthesis was a springboard for a new convenient synthesis in solution of [Re2(CO)6( i-OH)3]", a complex previously prepared by more complex reactions [66]. 

An alternative to the synthesis of proteins by classical fragment synthesis in solution or by solid-phase synthesis on a support is the use of enzyme-catalyzed condensation of amino acids or peptides. This possibility was first demonstrated in 1938 91 with the synthesis of poorly soluble benzoyl-leucyl-leucine anilide by papain catalysis. After many years, this approach was extended to the preparation of peptide hormones such as Leu-enkephalin 92 and dynorphin(l -8).[93 This was made possible by the use of highly purified enzymes and by careful control of reaction conditions. The basic principles of protease-catalyzed peptide bond formation have been discussed.194 ... 

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