Butyl ester, tert

The first step is the manufacture of L-proline tert-butyl ester. L-proline (230 g) is dissolved in a mixture of water (1 ) and 5N sodium hydroxide (400 ml). The solution is chilled in an ice bath, and under vigorous stirring, 5 N sodium hydroxide (460 ml) and benzyloxycarbonyl chloride (340 ml) are added in five equal aliquots during a half-hour period. After one hour stirring at room temperature, the mixture is extracted twice with ether and acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid. The precipitate Is filtered and dried. Yield is 442 g MP 78°C to 80°C. 

The benzyloxycarbonyl-L-proline thus obtained (180 g) is dissolved in a mixture of dichloro-methane (300 ml), liquid isobutylene (800 ml) and concentrated sulfuric acid (7.2 ml). The solution is shaken in a pressure bottle for 72 hours. The pressure is released, the Isobutylene is allowed to evaporate and the solution is washed with 5% sodium carbonate, water, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated to dryness in vacuo, to obtain benzyloxycarbonyl-L-proline tert-butyl ester, yield 205 g. 

Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-proline tert-butyl ester (205 g) is dissolved in absolute ethanol (1.2 ) and hydrogenated at normal pressure with 10% Pd on carbon (10 g) until only a trace of carbon dioxide is observed in the hydrogen exit gas (24 hours). The catalyst is filtered off and the filtrate is concentrated in vacuo at 30 mm Hg. The residue is distilled in vacuo, to obtain L-proline tert-butyl ester, BPimm... 

The next step yields 1-(3-acetylthio-2-methylpropanoyl)-L-proline tert-butyl ester. L-proline tert-butyl ester (5.1 g) is dissolved in dichloromethane (40 ml) and the solution stirred and chilled in an ice bath. Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (15 ml) is added followed immediately by a solution of 3-acetylthio-2-methylpropanoic acid (4.9 g) in dichloromethane (5 ml). After 15 minutes stirring in the ice bath and 16 hours at room temperature, the precipitate is filtered off and the filtrate is concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue is dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed neutral. The organic phase is dried over magnesium suifateand concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue 1-(3-acetylthio-2-methylpropanoyl)-L-proline tert-butyl ester is purified by column chromatography (silica gel-chloroform), yield 7.9 g. 

Then, 1-(3-acetylthio-2-methylpropanoyl)-L-proline is produced. The 1-(3-acetylthio-3-methyl-propanoyl)-L-proline tert-butyl ester (7.8 g) is dissolved in a mixture of anisole (55 ml) and trifluoroacetic acid (110 ml). After one hour storage at room temperature the solvent Is removed in vacuo and the residue is precipitated several times from ether-hexane. The residue (6.8 g) is dissolved in acetonitrile (40 ml) and dicyclohexylamine (4.5 ml) is added. The crystalline salt is boiled with fresh acetonitrile (100 ml), chilled to room temperature and filtered, yield 3 g, MP 187°C to 188°C. This material is recrystallized from isopropanol [ttlo -67° (C 1.4, EtOH). The crystalline dicyclohexylamine salt is suspended in a mixture of 5% aqueous potassium bisulfate and ethyl acetate. The organic phase is washed with water and concentrated to dryness. The residue is crystallized from ethyl acetate-hexane to yield the 1-(3-acetylthio-2-D-methylpropanoyl-L-proline, MP83°Cto 85°C. 

Chemical Name N-carboxy-/3-alanyl-L-tryptophyl-L-methionyl-L-aspartylphenyl-L-alanin-amide N-tert-butyl ester... 

Exposure of compound 16, a substance that can be obtained in a straightforward manner from glycine, to sodium tert-butoxide furnishes an enolate that undergoes conversion to 8 upon treatment with terf-butyl formate. It was anticipated that the phthalimido and tert-butyl ester protecting groups in 8 could be removed easily and selectively under anhydrous conditions at a later stage in the synthesis. 

Intermediate D-a-6 must now be converted into a form amenable to the crucial lactamization reaction. To this end, treatment of D-a-6 with hydrazine accomplishes the removal of the phthalimide protecting group and provides D-a-18 (Scheme 5) after acidification with dilute aqueous HC1. It is noteworthy that the acid-labile tert-butyl ester function withstands the latter step. Introduction of the... 

Likewise, synthetic 2//-azepines isomerize to 3//-azepines in refluxing chloroform (2-3 h) or in tert-butyl methyl ether at room temperature.291 The isomers can be readily separated by chromatography on silica gel, as the more basic 2//-azepines30 have lower Rf values. In contrast, 7-butyl-2//-azepin-2-acetic acid (11), obtained by heating the tert-butyl ester 10 with iodotrimethylsilane, is stabilized by intramolecular hydrogen bonding and shows no tendency to rearrange to the 3//-isomer.291... 

The cyclization of 1,19-dideoxybilene-i-dicarboxylic acid esters has been widely used for the synthesis of porphyrins. In this case, the use of tert-butyl esters which can be hydrolyzed with trifluoroacetic acid prior to the cyclization step is necessary. The cyclization step also requires trifluoroacetic acid and orthoformates. However, attempts to prepare porphyrins with /f-acceptor substituents can give rise to problems with side products and yields. 

A tert-butyl ester serves as an efficient organyl-stabilizing group for a lithiated aziridine when the N-protecting group is a chelating moiety. Deprotonation/elec-... 

An efficient stereoselective Strecker synthesis of phenylglycine has been achieved using the tert-butyl ester tm-leucine as the chiral auxiliary. Its benzaldimine reacts with hydrogen cyanide in hexane at — 23 °C to furnish the ( )-diastereomer with the excellent diastereoselectivity of >98 254. 

Two closely related methods for the diastereoselective preparation of <5-oxo esters have been developed. The first method uses the chelated lithio enamine 2. These Michael donors are readily available from the tert-butyl ester of L-valine and jS-oxo esters. The Michael addition of this lithio enamine 2 to 2-(arylmethylene)propanedioates, followed by hydrolytic removal of the auxiliary, provides d-oxo esters with contiguous quaternary and tertiary carbon centers with high diastereoselectivity59 60. 

Cuprous -butylmercaptide, 42,22 Cuprous chloride as catalyst for 1,4 addition of Grignard reagents to ar,0-unsaturated esters, 41, 63 Cyanoacetic acid, tert-butyl ester, 41, 5... 

Acetic acid, butyryl-, ethyl ester [Hexanoic acid, 3-oxo-, ethyl ester] 55, 73, 75 Acetic acid, chloro-, tert-butyl ester [Acetic acid, chloro- 1,1-dimethylethyl ester], 55,94... 

Benzoic acid, tert-butyl ester [Benzoic acid, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester], as impunty in ferf-butyUithium, 55, 125 Benzoic acid, 4-methoxy-, methyl ester, 55, 40... 

D. 2(S)-(fl-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-a-(R)-hydroxyethyl)-4-(R)-hydroxy-pyrrolidine- 1-carboxylic acid, tert-butyl ester. The identical procedure was followed, in this case using the (,S)-BINAP catalyst (5)-l. Hydrogenation is conducted for 64 hr, and the reaction mixture is then transferred to a 250-mL, round-bottomed flask and concentrated to dryness. The residue is dissolved in 17 mL of methanol and cooled to 15°C. After the slow addition of 7 mL of DI water, the solution is aged for 15 min gradually forming a thin slurry. More DI water (75 mL) is added over 1 hr and the mixture is allowed to stand for an additional 1 hr at 15°C. The resulting crystals (Note 19) are filtered at 15°C, washed with 10 mL of 1 4-MeOH water, and then dried overnight in a vacuum oven (35°C, 686 mm) to yield 7.0 g (70%) of (R)-hydroxy ester 4b (Note 20). 

S-4R)-2-tert-Butoxycarbonylacetyl-4-hydroxypyrrolidine-l-carboxylic acid, tert- butyl ester 2-Pyrrolidinepropanoic acid, l-[(l,l-dimethylethoxy)carbonyl]-4 hydroxy- P-oxo-, 1,1-dimethylethyl... 

THE USE OF POLYSTYRYLSULFONYL CHLORIDE RESIN AS A SOLID SUPPORTED CONDENSATION REAGENT FOR THE FORMATION OF ESTERS SYNTHESIS OF N-[(9-FLUORENYLMETHOXY)CARBONYL]-L-ASPARTIC ACID a tert-BUTYL ESTER, P (2-ETHYL[(lE)-(4-NITROPHENYL)AZO] PHENYL]AMINO]ETHYL ESTER... 

N-[ 1 (S)-ethoxycarbonyl-3-phenylpropyl]-L-olanine tert-butyl ester (l)... 

C 3H,5N04 1148-11-4) see Angiotensinamide Captopril 7V-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-proline tert-butyl ester (C17H23NO4 16881-39-3) see Captopril 7V-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-serine (CiiHijNOj 7745-80-8) see Nelfinavir mesylate iV-benzyloxycarbonyl-L-serine-P-lactone (C Hi,N04 26054-60-4) see Nelfinavir mesylate 7V-benzyloxycarbonylsuccinimide... 

Ethoxypyrrolin-5-one l-Pyrrolin-5-one, 2-ethoxy- (8) 2H-Pyrrol-2-one, 5-ethoxy-3,4-dihydro- (9) (29473-56-1) tert-Butyl N-(l-ethoxycyclopropyl)carbamate Cyclopropanecar-bamic acid, 1-ethoxy-, tert-butyl ester (8) Carbamic acid, (1-ethoxycyclopropyl)-, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester (9) (28750-48-3 41879-49-6)... 

Carboxylic acids can be protected as oxazolines [96, 105-107, 186, 191] or as ester functions. Alkynic esters such as silyl esters [153, 211], tert-butyl esters [216], and even benzyl esters [153, 211] have been successfully hydrozirconated when the reactive site was a terminal alkyne or vinyl group (Scheme 8-27). 

Since preparation of pyrazole 3 was deemed straightforward (vide infra.) and D-valine tert-butyl ester was commercially available, our efforts focused on developing a synthesis of tbe more challenging cyclopentanone 2 [3], The original synthetic method for 2 by medicinal chemists is depicted in Scheme 2.2. 

N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-L-threonine tert-butyl ester +55 CHCIj 148a... 

The most frequently encountered hydrolysis reaction in drug instability is that of the ester, but curtain esters can be stable for many years when properly formulated. Substituents can have a dramatic effect on reaction rates. For example, the tert-butyl ester of acetic acid is about 120 times more stable than the methyl ester, which, in turn, is approximately 60 times more stable than the vinyl analog [16]. Structure-reactivity relationships are dealt with in the discipline of physical organic chemistry. Substituent groups may exert electronic (inductive and resonance), steric, and/or hydrogen-bonding effects that can drastically affect the stability of compounds. A detailed treatment of substituent effects can be found in a review by Hansch et al. [17] and in the classical reference text by Hammett [18]. 

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